The following is a list of finalists for the 2019 Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism. The Student Journalist of the Year and Young Journalist of the Year finalist lists are also presented.
Finalists are listed alphabetically by surname.
Please note that links to stories may not comprise the full entry submitted for consideration.
The winners will be announced at the 2019 Quills Awards Dinner on Friday 6 March 2020. Tickets can be booked here.
ARTWORK
Richard Giliberto, The Saturday Age, The Perfect Storm
Mark Knight, Herald Sun, 2019 The Year That Was
Sam Mularczyk, Network Ten The Project, Assisted Dying Law
Jim Pavlidis, The Sunday Age, Tigertown
BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE
Mike Amor, Sharnelle Vella & Nick McCallum, 7NEWS Melbourne, George Pell Guilty
Brett McLeod & Eliza Rugg, Nine Network, George Pell Conviction
Nine News Melbourne Team, Nine News, Arrest of Jonathan Dick
Emma O’Sullivan, Network Ten, Pell Suppression Lifted
BUSINESS FEATURE
Amy Bainbridge, Loretta Florance & Lucy Kent, ABC 7.30, Bankruptcy Hunters
Sarah Danckert, The Age, Treasury Wines Under Fire
Sarah Danckert, The Age, Lendlease Battles Engineering Woes
Konrad Marshall, Good Weekend Magazine, Tough Call
BUSINESS NEWS
Sarah Danckert, The Age, The CSL Data Heist
Adele Ferguson, The Age, Secret Interviews Reveal Risky Business For NAB’s Top Executives
Nick McKenzie, Grace Tobin & Nick Toscano, The Age/Sixty Minutes, Crown Unmasked
CARTOON
Matt Golding, The Age, Tip Of The Iceberg
Mark Knight, Herald Sun, Separated at Birth
Jim Pavlidis, The Age, Who Are You Wearing
COVERAGE OF AN ISSUE OR EVENT
Ed Giles, Hamish MacDonald, Anthony Hawwa & Krystal Keller, Network Ten The Project, Hong Kong in Crisis
Clay Lucas & Benjamin Preiss, The Age, Wasted: Victoria’s Recycling Crisis
Chris Vedelago, Sumeyya Ilanbey & Cameron Houston, The Age, Toxic Cowboys
Cassie Zervos, 7NEWS, Victorian Bushfires
FEATURES PHOTOGRAPH
Alex Coppel, Herald Sun, Living With Drought
Justin McManus, The Age, Landon and Joey
Jason South, The Age, Christchurch Mosque Massacre
FEATURE WRITING
Tom Cowie, The Age, Two Guys And The Yiayia Next Door
James Oaten, Danny Morgan & Jane Cowan, ABC, Catching A Catfish
Sue Smethurst, The Weekend Australian magazine, Natalie Trayling- The Homeless Virtuoso
Cameron Stewart, The Weekend Australian magazine, Joe Hockey’s Game
THE GRANT HATTAM QUILL FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Andy Burns & Geoff Thompson, ABC 7.30, Standing Tall
Lisa Cox & Anne Davies, Guardian Australia, Angus Taylor and Josh Frydenberg investigation
Sashka Koloff & Nick McKenzie, ABC Four Corners, Interference
Nick McKenzie & Chris Masters, The Age/60 Minutes, War Crimes and Special Forces
INNOVATION IN JOURNALISM
Margaret Burin, Nathan Hoad, Ben Spraggon & Matthew Liddy, ABC, The Amazon Race
The Age Invisible Crime Team, The Age, The Invisible Crime
James Oaten, Danny Morgan & Jane Cowan, ABC, Catching a Catfish
Nathanael Scott, Inga Ting & Alexander Palmer, ABC, Rich School, Poor School: Australia’s Great Education Divide
THE KEITH DUNSTAN QUILL FOR COMMENTARY
Waleed Aly, Network Ten & The Age, 'Not my best words'
Greg Baum, The Age, It’s Not Cricket
Warwick McFadyen, The Age, Father and Son
NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
David Caird, Herald Sun, Pell Runs The Gauntlet
Alex Coppel, Herald Sun, Bunyip Fires
Alex Coppel, Herald Sun, The Judgement of Pell
Jason South, The Age, Pell
NEWS REPORT IN WRITING
Samantha Dick, The New Daily, Inside Crown Partner’s High-Rollers’ Shooting Range
Stephen Drill, Herald Sun, Get me out - Dr Kylie Moore's Desperate Plea in Smuggled Jail Letters
David Estcourt & Clay Lucas, The Age, 'How stupid could you be?' Andrews government rezones West Gate tunnel land, doubles own bill
Ben Schneiders & Nick McKenzie, The Age, John Setka, domestic violence and the ALP
PODCASTING
Richard Baker, Rachael Dexter, Kate Cole-Adams & Siobhan McHugh, The Age, The Last Voyage of the Pong Su
Andy Burns, Meghna Bali, Ben Deacon & Kathleen Ferguson, ABC, Prepare to Burn
Eric George, Greg Bearup & Nicholas Adams-Dzierzba, The Australian, Who the Hell is Hamish?
Matthew Johnston, James Campbell & Jonty Burton, Herald Sun, Face Off
THE RACV TRANSPORT QUILL
Sarah Danckert & Timna Jacks, The Age, Melbourne Metro’s $2 Billion Blow-Out
Matthew Johnston, James Campbell, Tom Minear & Kieran Rooney, Herald Sun, West Gate Tunnel Toxic Soil
Ben Knight, Elias Clure, Yara Murray-Atfield & Andie Noonan, ABC, Tarneit Transport
Lana Murphy, Nine News, Danger Sign
RADIO JOURNALISM (LONG FORM)
Rachel Carbonell, ABC, What Happened to Haberdashery Shops?
Rafael Epstein, Tess Armstrong, Kristian Silva & Erin Marsicovetere, ABC Radio Melbourne, St Kevin’s Sexist Chant (Entry Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Neil Mitchell, 3AW, Barwon Stuff Up
Virginia Trioli, Katrina Palmer, Matilda Marozzi & Ross Richardson, ABC Radio Melbourne, Gable Tostee Vs The Mad F-ing Witches
RADIO JOURNALISM (SHORT FORM)
Amy Bainbridge, ABC Radio AM, Telstra Investigated Over Selling ‘Unaffordable Contracts’ To Vulnerable Australians
Alexis Daish, 3AW, Jonathan Dick Arrested
Jordan Tunbridge, 3AW, Wimbledon
REGIONAL AND RURAL JOURNALISM
Charmayne Allison, Riverine Herald, Our Forgotten Families
Charmayne Allison & Cath Grey, Riverine Herald, Breaking The Silence
Sophie Boyd, The Border Mail, Ordinary Life Truly The Greatest Gift
Caleb Cluff, The Courier, Ballarat, The Boys’ Club: Female Prison Staff Reveal Brutal Culture of Abuse
Shannon Twomey & Chantelle Francis, The Weekly Times, Web Link Exposed
SPORTS FEATURE
Greg Baum, The Age, The Art of Reverse Swing
Michael Gleeson, The Age, How The AFL Dropped The Ball
Konrad Marshall, Good Weekend magazine, Brain Storm
Jake Niall, The Age, How private schools have taken over the path to AFL
SPORTS NEWS
Thomas Browne, 7NEWS/Triple M, Stephenson Integrity Inquiry
Samantha Lane, The Age, Adam Goodes - My love for the game died inside me
Leo Schlink & Mark Buttler, Herald Sun, Jig Is Up
Michael Warner, Herald Sun, Footy's Biggest Cover-up
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH
Scott Barbour, AAP, Naomi Osaka
Alex Coppel, Herald Sun, Hells Bells
Jay Town, Herald Sun, I’ve won the Cup
Michael Willson, AFL Media, The Kick
SUBURBAN JOURNALISM
Jordy Atkinson, Shaun Campbell & Emma-Jayne Schenk Bayside Leader, Grenville St Crossing: Make It Safer
Suzan Delibasic, Cranbourne Leader, Petition saves Hero the staffy from Cardinia Council taking action against him
Anthony Piovesan, Whittlesea Leader, Behind closed doors
Paul Shapiro, Greater Dandenong Leader, Predator in the hallway: What happened at Dandenong High
THE TAC TOWARDS ZERO QUILL FOR ROAD SAFETY REPORTING
Stephanie Anderson, Nine News, Medical Episodes
Cathy Jacobs, Ben Knight, Mary Gearin & Cameron Best, ABC News, ABC News Road Safety Special
Benjamin Preiss, The Age, Speed Limit Slashed By 20km/h In Trial On Toll
Olivia Shying, Geelong Advertiser, Geelong Road Safety
TV CAMERA WORK (CREATIVE)
Andrew Altree-Williams, ABC 7.30, Australia’s First Carbon Neutral Kindergarten
Ryan Mason, Nine News, Grampians Trail
Travis Nemtsas, Nine News, Budj Bim
Josh Steele, 7NEWS, Forgotten Drought
TV CAMERA WORK (SHOT OF THE YEAR)
Trigby Chvastek, Nine News, Jonathan Dick
Phil Loschiavo, 7NEWS, Bunyip Fires
John Parsons, Nine News, Mokbel Stabbing
TV/VIDEO FEATURE (LONG FORM)
Rachael Brown, Josie Taylor, Chris Gillett & Greg Nelson, ABC 7.30, Nicola Gobbo Breaks Her Silence
Belinda Hawkins, Mark Farnell, Angela Leonardi Trabucco & Roger Carter, ABC Australian Story, An Innocent Abroad
Quentin McDermott, Natalie Whiting, Rebecca Latham & Andrew Altree-Williams, ABC Australian Story, The Invisible Man
Louise Milligan, Andy Burns, Sarah Curnow, Jeanavive McGregor & Lucy Carter, ABC Four Corners, Guilty, The Conviction of George Pell
TV/VIDEO FEATURE (SHORT FORM)
Christine Ahern, Nine Today, Cladding Catastrophe
Mike Amor, Jackie Quist, Cameron McAinch & Richard Hall, 7NEWS, Dying With Dignity
Mimi Becker, A Current Affair, Teachers Under Attack
Anthony Hawwa & Tommy Little, Network Ten The Project, Yiayia Next Door
TV/VIDEO NEWS
Cameron Baud, 7NEWS, Jonathan Dick Hide-Out
Jayde Vincent, Nine News, Mallacoota
Richard Willingham, ABC News, Leaked CCTV Vision Shows Money Laundering Risks At Crown Casino
Candice Wyatt, Network Ten, Remembering Aya Maasawe
THE VICHEALTH QUILL FOR
COVERAGE OF WOMEN IN SPORT
Lucy Carter, ABC 7.30, Liz Cambage Sidelined By Mental Health Issues
Konrad Marshall, Good Weekend magazine, Pitch Perfect: Ellyse Perry Is Reaching Her Zenith, Yet Can Walk The Streets Unrecognised
Linda Pearce, The Saturday Paper & The Age, Uganda, New York and The MCG
Lauren Wood & Michael Warner, Herald Sun, AFLW Vote Farce
THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT QUILL FOR REPORTING
ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Ian Burrows & Jason Fang, ABC News, Do immigrants try hard enough to fit in?
Madeline Hayman-Reber, The Saturday Paper & SBS NITV, Aunty Tanya Day Inquest
Melissa Heagney, Domain & The Age, African-Australians battle rental discrimination
Sue Smethurst, The Australian Women's Weekly magazine, They'll Bury Me In My Yellows
THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT QUILL FOR REPORTING
ON DISABILITY ISSUES
Belinda Hawkins, Mark Farnell, Ian Harley & Vanessa Wiltshire, Australian Story & ABC News, A Bitter Pill
Norman Hermant, ABC News, People with Disability Struggle For Equality
Bridget Rollason, ABC News, Melbourne's Tram Network
Evan Young, SBS News, Why Australia's prison system can be 'terrifying' for people with an intellectual disability
THE STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Nazli Bahmani, University of Melbourne, Jumping Hurdles To Provide A Little Humanity to Asylum Seekers In Limbo
Freia Lily, RMIT, Interview with Wilma and Meg Curnow For National Dementia Awareness Month
Julia Montesano, La Trobe University, Revealed: Blues Star Headlines Small AFLW Groups’ Pay and Conditions Fight
Ciaran O’Mahony, University of Melbourne, The Scottish Explorer Who Became The Butcher Of Gippsland
Liam Petterson, University of Melbourne, IBM Australia To Roll Out Neurodiversity Program
Andrea Thiis-Evensen, Monash University, ‘It Was The Worst Day Of Our Lives’: Bereaved Parents Say We Must Talk About Youth Suicide
THE YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Mimi Becker, Nine Network A Current Affair
Sam Cucchiara, Nine News
Chantelle Francis, The Weekly Times
Tamara McDonald, Geelong Advertiser