Kate Torney, Jill Baker, Eric Beecher and Paul Ramadge

As part of the celebrations for the 40th birthday of the MPC, a modern-day panel of editors will discuss The Future of the Media. 

The panellists will be ABC News Director Kate Torney, Herald Sun Deputy Editor Jill Baker, online publisher Eric Beecher and The Age editor-in-chief Paul Ramadge.

Don't miss out on this special 40th Anniversary event.

Quill Awards

The 2011 Quill Awards are fast approaching. Don't miss out on your ticket to the premier media awards in the State.

The Quill Awards Ceremony and Dinner, including the Graham Perkin Award for the Australian Journalist of the Year, will be held on Friday 23 March at the Crown Palladium.

Featuring MC Helen Kapalos, Ten News.

Book your ticket now!

Enter the Quills now

Have you produced a piece of journalism that deserves an accolade?

Entries for the Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards 2011 are now open.

The Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism are the premier media awards in the State.

Entries will close at 6pm on Friday 10 February 2012.

Watch the message from some of Melbourne's top News anchors here.

Rod Sims

Chairman of the ACCC, Rod Sims, joined us for a lunch at Crown's River Room.

Rod Sims discussed aspects of the ACCC’s approach to enforcing Australia’s competition and consumer laws and the importance of appropriately regulating monopoly infrastructure.

Click here to watch a webcast of the event

AFL Finals Lunch

Watch the video of our AFL Finals Feast at Etihad Stadium on September 22 with AFL boss Andrew Demetriou, coach extraordinaire Kevin Sheedy and popular spearhead-turned-commentator Matthew Richardson. 

The lively discussion, moderated by Caroline Wilson of The Age covered the birth of new teams, the question of club loyalty and - most importantly - the panel's predictions on who will snare the Brownlow and which team will win this year's Grand Final

Watch the AFL Finals Panel here

Events

Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - 12:00pm
Metropolitan Hotel
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 - 6:30pm
Kelvin Club
Robert Cockerell
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - 12:00pm
Kate Torney, Jill Baker, Eric Beecher and Paul Ramadge
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 - 6:30pm
Friday, 23 March 2012 - 6:30pm

Recent Events

Monday, 10 October 2011
Sims on Regulating Supermarkets
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Demetriou and Sheedy's Finals Picks
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Investigative coloring books?
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Answering the top OurSay question
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Kate Kendall and Matt Hetherington
Ben Lewis
19 January 2012
Ten News reporter Ben Lewis has noticed a shift in attitudes, particularly among media-savvy young people.
Commonwealth Law Courts
12 January 2012
Minter Ellison lawyers Sandip Mukerjea and Mark Silberer discuss the overhaul of federal suppression order laws.
Michael Rowland
8 December 2011
ABC News Breakfast's Michael Rowland recalls the past year's news highs and lows.

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