Best Coverage of an Issue or Event
Philip Dorling, Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie
The Age
Philip Dorling, Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie have won the Best Coverage of an Issue or Event Quill. They collected the award for a series of front page stories in The Age last December, detailing the revelations contained in leaked U.S. diplomatic cables released through Wikileaks.
The trio's stories included articles on how former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was seen as an abrasive "control freak" by U.S. officials, that Labor Senator Mark Arbib acted as a secret source to the United States and that the Federal Government was secretly pessimistic about Australia's role in Afghanistan.
Judges Citation
The Wikileaks revelations are a series of scoops with dramatic impact. The secret diplomatic cables gave the unvarnished truth about the way Australia is seen by its key allies, and vice versa. The judges praised The Age for mining a rich seam to present this series of revelations with great impact.
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