Tyla Harrington, Andrew Mole, Ivy Wise and Luke Hemer of The Riverine Herald won the 2017 Regional and Rural Journalism Quill for 'Murder on the Murray'.
Highly Commended
Charlotte King (ABC Ballarat) for 'The Royal Commission and the Christian Brothers'
Other finalists
Kellie Lazzaro (ABC Gippsland) for 'MP quits Nats over gambling, debt and depression'
Nigel McNay (The Border Mail) 'What becomes of the broken-hearted?'