Jennifer Keyte was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for a career of accomplished journalism, presenting news across networks and for being a powerful role model for a generation of female journalists. She was introduced by Steve Carey.
Each year, the Melbourne Press Club honours a journalist or journalists whose career has left an extraordinary mark on Victorian and/or Australian journalism. The honour, presented at the annual Quill Awards dinner each March, is bestowed at the discretion of the MPC board.