Quill Awards 2022: nominees

Nominees have been announced in the Victorian Press Club’s annual Quill Awards for journalism.

TV nominees include ABC News, Seven News, Nine News, 7:30, 60 Minutes, Four Corners, WIN News, News Breakfast, 10 News First, Today and A Current Affair.

Winners will be announced on Friday March 24.

TV and related categories:

Best Breaking News or Live Coverage
7NEWS Melbourne, “Victoria’s Flood Emergency”
The Age online team, The Age, “Djokovic deportation saga”
Nine News Melbourne, “Maribyrnong Flood Special Coverage”
Sarah Jane Bell, Ethan St Ellen and Roland Pagels, Sunrise, 7NEWS, “Maribyrnong Flood”

Best Coverage of an Issue
Anthony Dowsley, Herald Sun, “The Verdict”
Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, The Age and 7.30, “Medicare Exposed”
Anthony Galloway, Michelle Griffin and Kate Geraghty, The Age, “The invasion of Ukraine”

Business News/Feature
Eryk Bagshaw and Edward Adeti, The Age, “Blood Gold”
Jarni Blakkarly, CHOICE, “Facial Recognition in Retail Investigation”
Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, The Age and 7.30, “Medicare: A Basket Case”
Peter Ker, Australian Financial Review, “Newcrest Culture Wars”

Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting
Bridget Brennan, Brooke Fryer, Suzanne Dredge and Stephanie Zillman, Four Corners, ABC News, “How Many More?”
Loretta Florance, Amy Bainbridge and Kirstie Wellauer, 7.30, “Inside Youpla’s collapse”
Jack Latimore, The Age, “Mallee Indigenous group pleads to stop car rally on cultural heritage site”
Louise Milligan, Naomi Selvaratnam and Lauren Day, Four Corners, “Heart Failure”

Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism
Stephanie Convery, Emma Kemp and Melissa Davey, Guardian Australia, “The gaping hole in sport’s concussion policies”
Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Joel Tozer, 60 Minutes, “Trafficked”
Kate McClymont and Thea Dikeos, 60 Minutes and The Age, “The Price of Hope”
Josie Taylor and Matilda Marozzi, ABC News, “Victoria Police officers weaponising database to target women”

Multicultural Affairs and Media
Achol Arok and Daniel Ziffer, ABC News, “So-called ‘African gangs’ dominated headlines at the last Victorian election and trust issues remain”
Noor M Ramazan and Christopher Hopkins, Guardian Australia, “‘Now my Children Can Grow up in Peace’”
Andriana Simos, The Greek Herald, “The Hellenic heart of Melbourne”
Iris Zhao, Dong Xing, Jason Fang and Jarrod Fankhauser, ABC News, “‘It’s a struggle for voters’: Unpacking the China factor”

Regional and Rural Journalism
Bonnie Barkmeyer, WIN News Victoria, “Central Victorian Flood Emergency”
Hayley Elg and Timothy Cox, The Ballarat News, “Ballarat Clarendon College allegations”
Fiona Myers, The Weekly Times, “FMD Time Bomb”
Harrison Tippet, Geelong Advertiser, “Institutional abuse: A city’s scars laid bare”

Reporting on Disability Issues
Stephanie Convery, Guardian Australia, “Left behind: the fight for accessible public transport in Victoria”
Claudia Forsberg, ABC Victoria and ABC Ballarat, “Accessible Taxis Reportage”
Ruby Jones, Georgia Cranko, Elle Marsh and Erik Jensen, 7am, “The killing of Ann Marie Smith”
Jewel Topsfield, The Age, “The autism advantage – why businesses are hiring autistic people”

TV Camera Work (Creative)
Peter Drought, ABC News Victoria, “Fight for The Outer Suburbs in Victoria’s Election”
Ryan Mason, Nine News, “Snow Police”
Travis Nemtsas, Nine News, “Beach Artist”
Lachlan Shine, 7NEWS Melbourne, “Crime Fighters Exclusive”

TV Camera Work (Shot of the Year)
Malcom Corp, Nine News Melbourne, “Wild Rampage”
Grant Stevenson, 7NEWS Melbourne, “Chase Terror”
Simon Tucci, ABC News Breakfast, “Journalist celebrates when Socceroos qualify for World Cup”
Dean Wood, 10 News First, “Drive-by ambush”

TV/Video Feature
Christine Ahern and Thea Dikeos, 60 Minutes, “Dying For Help”
Alexis Daish, A Current Affair, “Frecker Police Tapes”
Richard Willingham, Kirsten Robb and Sarah Curnow, 7.30, “Victims of sexual violence forced to wait in bloodied and soiled clothes due to crisis in Forensic Care”

TV/Video News
Christine Ahern, Today Show, “Aged Care Captives”
Carrie-Anne Greenbank, Nine News, “Ukraine War”
Bridget Rollason, ABC News, “Victoria’s health crisis”
Cassie Zervos, 7NEWS, “Fawkner Shooting Victims”

Young Journalist of the Year
Grace Baldwin, Herald Sun
Sarah Booth, Herald Sun
Claudia Forsberg, ABC News and ABC Ballarat
Gillian Lantouris, Nine News