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Walkley Awards 2012: nominees

Four Corners, Dateline, 7:30 and The Project are amongst nominees for this year's annual Walkleys.

Finalists in the 57th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced at simultaneous events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane last night.

MEAA federal secretary Christopher Warren said, “This year’s Walkley Award entries show that despite the financial and regulatory pressures being placed on journalists and newsrooms, the demand for high-quality, independent journalism continues growing every year.

Winners will be announced on November 30 at Parliament House in Canberra and will be screened on SBS.

TV and RELATED CATEGORIES:

TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING (LESS THAN 20 MINUTES)
Hamish Macdonald and Sam Clark, The Project, Network Ten, “Age of Uncertainty”
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, 7.30, ABC TV, “The Trauma of Toomelah”
Robert Ovadia and Fiona Baker, Sunday Night, Seven Network, “Saxon Bird”
Commended: Mark Willacy, 7.30, ABC TV, “Kan exclusive”

TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING
Mark Willacy, ABC News, ABC TV, “Tsunami mothers”
Sharri Markson, Lee Jeloscek, Adam Walters and Michael McKinnon, Seven News, Seven Network, “The cabinet leak”
Mark Simkin and Chris Uhlmann, ABC News, ABC, “Gillard vs Rudd”

TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING
Mark Willacy, ABC News, ABC TV, “Tsunami mothers”
Sharri Markson, Lee Jeloscek, Adam Walters and Michael McKinnon, Seven News, Seven Network, “The cabinet leak”
Mark Simkin and Chris Uhlmann, ABC News, ABC, “Gillard vs Rudd”

BEST BROADCAST CAMERAWORK
Tim Noonan, Sunday Night, Seven Network, “Amazon tribe”
Aaron Lewis, Dateline, SBS TV, “Orchestra of dreams”
Gary Ramage, News Limited, “This is Afghanistan”
Commended: Robert Hill, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “China – Beyond the Lost Horizon

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
Matthew Carney and Thom Cookes, Four Corners, ABC TV, “In their sights”
Yaara Bou Melhem, Geoff Parish and Garry McNab, Dateline, SBS TV, Revolutions: rise and fall”
Aubrey Belford, The Global Mail, “Myanmar’s bloody war in the shadows”
Commended: Greg Wilesmith and Ben Knight, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “Revolution hijacked”

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Sarah Ferguson, Deb Masters and Irene Ulman, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Smugglers’ Paradise – Australia”
Kate McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Thomson: New credit card claims”
Linton Besser and Kate McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Exposed: Obeids’ secret harbour deal”
Commended: Sharona Coutts, Joel Tozer, Clare Blumer, Adam Glyde and Paul Farrell, The Global Mail, “Patients at risk”

BROADCAST AND ONLINE INTERVIEWING
Leigh Sales, 7.30, ABC TV, “Interviews with Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and Christine Milne”
David Speers, Sky News, “Rudd exclusive”, “Shorten supports Gillard” and “Thomson quits”
Tracy Grimshaw, Cameron Smith and Grant Williams, A Current Affair, “Lindy Chamberlain”, “Deborah McKnight” and “Matthew Newton”
Commended: Jon Faine, Daniel Ziffer and Mary Bolling, 774 ABC, “Powerbroker Kroger lashes Costello, his friend and ally of 35 years”, “Crean attacks Rudd” and “Ambulance nightmare: left for dead, upside down, bleeding out”

COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Russell Skelton, Glenn Campbell and Tom McKendrick, Fairfax Media, “Death in the Kimberley”
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, 7.30, ABC TV, “The Trauma of Toomelah”
John MacFarlane and SBS Team, sbs.com.au, “The Block: Stories from a meeting place”

SPORT JOURNALISM
Clay Hichens, Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker and Mario Christodoulou, Four Corners, ABC TV and The Age, Fairfax, “Inside mail”
Richard Guilliatt, The Weekend Australian Magazine, “The price of glory”
Brigid Donovan, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Paint the town black”
Commended: Hagar Cohen, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, “Blood, sweat and tears in the cage”

SOCIAL EQUITY JOURNALISM
Steve Pennells, The West Australian, “Hopes of a generation wiped out on voyage”
Hamish Macdonald and Sam Clark, The Project, Network Ten, “Age of uncertainty”
Margot O’Neill and Tony Jones, Lateline, ABC TV, “Aged drugs”

WALKLEY DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Celeste Geer, Rebel Films/ABC TV, “Then the Wind Changed”
Jacob Hickey, Northern Pictures/Fredbird Entertainment, SBS TV, “Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta”
Quentin McDermott, Morag Ramsay and Kevin May, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Closing Ranks”

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