The ABC has 18 finalists across 13 categories in the 2024 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
The ABC’s investigative journalism is strongly represented, including nominations for Four Corners‘ programs “Pain Factory”, which investigated the multi-billion dollar chronic pain industry, and “Ruthless Pursuit”, about the former Chinese spy who blew the whistle on China’s covert oppression activities across the globe.
Also finalists are the 7.30 investigations “Financial Housing Prison”, on the land lease retirement living sector, and “Netstrata”, exposing rorting in the strata industry; Background Briefing investigations “Stop and Search” and “The Price of Freebirth”; and Triple J Hack‘s “Behind Closed Doors”.
Among the other nominations, the ABC’s reporting from Modi’s India for Foreign Correspondent, Four Corners and ABC Listen is recognised in the category for International reporting and the ABC’s Perth newsroom is a finalist in Coverage of Indigenous Affairs for its ongoing series of newsbreaking investigations into WA’s youth justice crisis.
Presenter and writer Annabel Crabb is a finalist for Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique for three of her columns.
The ABC’s talented technical operators feature with two finalists in the category of Television/Video Camerawork, both for Foreign Correspondent programs, and one for Feature/Photographic Essay.
Presenter and writer Julia Baird is also on the Walkley Book Award Longlist for her book Bright Shining.
See the full list of the ABC’s 69th Walkley Award finalists:
ALL MEDIA: COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE
ALL MEDIA: EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM
- Mridula Amin and Alex Lim, ABC News, ‘This isn’t the 30s I was promised‘
- Riley Stuart, Lucy Sweeney and Haidarr Jones, ABC News, ‘Inside Israel’s ‘doomsday’ development‘
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
AUDIO SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
- Ayla Darling and Hannah Palmer, Triple J, Hack, and ABC Investigations, ‘Behind closed doors: How one child’s voice exposed the dangers of rape inside mental health hospitals‘
- Nick Dole, ABC, AM, ‘After October 7’ (1,2)
- Peter Ryan, ABC, The World Today and ABC News Daily, ‘Demise of the Flying Kangaroo. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce takes emergency exit. Sacked Qantas workers win David vs Goliath battle’ (1,2,3)
AUDIO LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES)
- Paul Farrell and the Background Briefing Team, ABC, Background Briefing, ‘Stop and Search’ (1,2,3)
- Charlotte King and Andy Burns, ABC, Background Briefing, ‘The price of freebirth‘
ALL MEDIA: BUSINESS JOURNALISM
FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
- Sean Davey, Oculi / ABC News, ‘The Goode Fight’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK
- Matthew Davis, ABC, Foreign Correspondent, ‘From the high Arctic, to the hustle of Seoul‘
- Cameron Schwarz, ABC, Foreign Correspondent, ‘US Immigration‘
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
- Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, ABC, 7.30, ‘Financial Housing Prison‘
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES)
- Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, ABC, Four Corners, ‘Pain Factory‘
ALL MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL
- Avani Dias, Naomi Selvaratnam, Madeleine Genner and Mayeta Clark, ABC, Foreign Correspondent, Four Corners and ABC Listen, ‘Reporting from Modi’s India’ (1,2,3)
ALL MEDIA: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
- Echo Hui, Elise Potaka and Dylan Welch, ABC, Four Corners and ABC News, ‘Ruthless Pursuit — China’s Secret Police, its Agents, and Global Campaign of Repression’ (1,2,3)
WALKLEY BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
- Julia Baird, Bright Shining, HarperCollins Publishers