Quill Awards 2015: winners

Adele Ferguson’s joint Fairfax / Four Corners exposé on 7 Eleven staff underpayments has seen her awarded the Gold Quill award at the Melbourne Press Club last night.

Ferguson becomes the first person to win consecutive Gold Quills, and the first since 2001 to win the Gold Quill and the Perkin Award in the same year.

Winners included:

Gold Quill:
Adele Ferguson, Fairfax

Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year:
Adele Ferguson, Fairfax

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Mike Sheahan, FOX Footy

Investigative Journalism winners:
Caro Meldrum-Hanna & Sam Clark, ABC

Best TV or Video News Report:
Cameron Baud, Seven News

Best Camera Work:
Will Pristel, Seven News

Best Breaking News Coverage:
Jacqueline Felgate and Emily Angwin, Seven News

Best Business Story in any Medium
Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert & Klaus Toft, ABC

Sports Journalist of the Year:
Gerard Whately, ABC

Best TV Or Video Current Affairs/Feature over 10 Minutes:
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker & Klaus Toft, ABC

Best TV or Video Current Affairs/Feature under 10 mins:
Tom Whitty & Waleed Aly, TEN

Best Columnist:
Waleed Aly, Fairfax, TEN.

The TAC Towards Zero Road Safety Quill:
Christie Cooper, Seven News

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