18 ABC Finalists in 2024 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

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 CorrespondentFour 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

  • Annabel CrabbABC News, ‘Shades Of Grey’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM

ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

  • ABC News PerthABC News, ‘WA’s Youth Justice Crisis — The Death of Cleveland Dodd’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

  • Erin Parke and Andrew SeabourneABC News and ABC, 7.30, ‘Boat Arrivals’ (1,2,3)

AUDIO SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)

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

  • Linton Besser and Ninah Kopel, ABC, 7.30 and ABC News, ‘Netstrata’ (1,2,3)

FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

  • Sean Davey, Oculi / ABC News, ‘The Goode Fight’

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)

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 CorrespondentFour 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 BairdBright Shining, HarperCollins Publishers

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