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20 March 2026
Join us at Crown Palladium on Friday 20 March 2026 to celebrate the announcement of 30 individual Quill Award winners, as well as our Perkin, Wendt, Gordon and student awards.
03 March 2026
A groundbreaking independent research report commissioned by the Melbourne Press Club and conducted by Monash University has found that public interest journalism in Victoria has reached crisis point due to severe limitations on court reporting, access to government sources, and freedom of information.
25 February 2026
The MPC is pleased to announce the finalists for our 31st Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism and the 2025 Victorian Student Journalist of the Year.
Finalists have been announced for the 50th Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year.
Finalists have been announced for the 11th Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Champion Data.
Finalists have been announced for the second Jana Wendt Award for International Reporting.
16 December 2025
Australia’s premier journalism award – the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of The Year Award – is turning 50. And entries are now open.
The Quill Awards are now open! And journalists can get a free entry and save money by becoming a member of the Melbourne Press Club.
10 December 2025
Pacific and Indigenous-focused projects have received funding from the Michael Gordon Journalism Fellowships in it's biggest year so far.
29 October 2025
Peter Bartlett, Partner Emeritus at MinterEllison, discusses the relationship between journalists and media lawyers during the BRS defamation case.
22 October 2025
Following the Melbourne Press Club’s Annual General Meeting today, the Club has welcomed five new board members.
04 June 2025
The Quills are the premier media awards in Victoria. Established by the Melbourne Press Club in 1995, the Quills celebrates the best work in over 30 categories across all media.
The Melbourne Press Club's national awards celebrate journalistic excellence from media professionals across Australia
Each year the Melbourne Press Club honours a journalist or journalists whose career has left an extraordinary mark on Victorian and Australian journalism.
Celebrating new and young talent in our industry
The Michael Gordon Fellowships program is a national initiative to enable social justice journalism.
Supported by the Brian M Davis Charitable Foundation.
Have You Heard The News?
We've just launched the second series of our podcast where we ask prominent Melburnians to nominate the biggest news story they remember. Our guests in this new series include video storyteller, Julian O'Shea; the CEO of Melbourne Fashion Festival, Caroline Ralphsmith; and Afghan journalist Khalid Amiri.
Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or through your favourite app.
Australian Media Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame celebrates the role strong and independent journalism played in shaping the nation's history and recognises the pioneers of the profession across more than 150 years.
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