The MPC is pleased to announce the finalists for our 30th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.
Finalists for each category are listed below, alphabetically by surname of primary entrant.
The 2024 Student Journalist of the Year finalist list is also presented.
Winners will be announced at the 30th Quill Awards Dinner on Friday 21 March 2025. Book your tickets now.
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The 30th Quill Awards covers work published in the 2024 calendar year.
Please note: links are not available for all stories, and may not comprise the full entry submitted for consideration.
Artwork
- Matthew Absalom-Wong and Patrick Elligett, The Age, “Here’s Donny!”
- Marija Ercegovac, The Age, “Seeing Red”
- Richard Giliberto, The Age, “All Hail The King?”
Best Breaking News or Live Coverage, sponsored by The Lottery Corporation
- ABC Radio Melbourne Drive, ABC News, “Melbourne Drive covers the CrowdStrike Crash”
- ABC News Victoria, ABC News, “Victorian fires and storms - February 2024”
- Breaking News Team, The Age, “Easey Street”
- Teegan Dolling, Andrew McCormack, and Paul Dowsley, Sunrise and 7NEWS, “Land Forces Live Coverage”
Best Coverage of an Issue
Business News/Feature
- Sarah Danckert and Carla Jaeger, The Age, “‘Cash for the boys’: How underworld figures pulled the strings at ASX-listed company”
- Aisha Dow, The Age, “‘Not a single care’: Victims of HSBC fraud say bank could have stopped the scammers”
- Nassim Khadem, ABC News, “The ATO is reviving old tax debts totalling billions, threatening some taxpayers with bankruptcy”
- Angelica Snowden, John Stensholt, and Liam Mendes, The Australian, “‘He likes the game’: second woman alleges ‘advice for sex’ compact with billionaire Richard White”
Cartoon
- Badiucao, The Age, “Albo’s Choice”
- Joe Benke, The Age, “The Age 2024 State budget front cover cartoon”
- Matt Golding, The Sunday Age, “Dutton’s nuclear policy homework”
- Megan Herbert, The Age, “How to cook Australia’s energy transition”
Coverage of Women in Sport, sponsored by Big Ant Studios
Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting, sponsored by the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
Excellence in Science, Medical and Health Reporting, sponsored by University of Melbourne
- Andy Burns, Charlotte King, and Jess Davis, Landline and ABC News Online, “After The Harvest”
- Rachel Eddie, The Age, “‘Inconclusive is enough’: Victoria’s low-key pill testers”
- Petra Stock, The Guardian, “Do fish have feelings? Scientists believe they’re getting closer to an answer”
Feature Writing
- Michael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie, Ruby Schwartz and the Visual Stories Team, Good Weekend magazine, “Road to Ruin”
- Nino Bucci, Guardian Australia, “A father’s quest for answers after police botched investigation into son’s death”
- Cait Kelly, Guardian Australia, “Alice lives off-grid, but not by choice. ‘Hecs for households’ could radically improve her dilapidated home”
- Stephen Lunn, The Australian, “Why Lex Marinos chose to die at home”
Features Photograph
- Jason Edwards, Herald Sun and The Australian, “Last Climb”
- Katy Geraghty, The Age, “Lebanon - Impact on Civilians”
- Christopher Hopkins, Al Jazeera, “They Teach Us to Sing”
- Justin McManus, The Age, “Dyurrite Dreaming”
Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism, sponsored by HWT
- Nino Bucci, Guardian Australia, “A botched murder investigation left a family broken and a 15-year-old boy in jail for a year”
- Building Bad team, 60 Minutes, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, “Building Bad”
- Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, ABC Online, “The Dark Side of Medicine”
- Louise Milligan and Amy Donaldson, Four Corners and ABC News, “Old School”
Innovation in Journalism, sponsored by Bupa
- Aisha Dow, The Age Visual Stories Team and Julia Carr-Catzel, The Age, “Scam-finding bot”
- Visual Stories Team, The Age, “Faster, higher, stronger series”
- Alex Lim, ABC News, “The mullet is alive and well in AFL”
- The Visual Stories Team and Shane Wright, The Age, “AI language models - Budget speeches analysis”
Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary
Multicultural Affairs and Media, in partnership with Gandel Foundation
News Photograph
- Kate Geraghty, The Age, “October 7 anniversary”
- Christopher Hopkins, The Age, “Riot”
- Justin McManus, The Age, “Land Forces Protest”
- Jake Nowakowski, Herald Sun and The Australian, “Land Forces”
News Report in Writing
- Nino Bucci, Guardian Australia, “The case of Thomas Carrick”
- Mark Buttler and Brooke Grebert-Craig, Herald Sun, “Murderer Let Out For IVF”
- Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody, The Age, “IBAC investigating claims surgeons billed TAC for nonexistent procedures”
- Nick McKenzie, Ben Schneiders and David Marin-Guzman, The Age and The Australian Financial Review Review, “Building Bad”
Podcasting
- Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz, The Age, “Trial by Water”
- Elle Marsh, Bethany Atkinson-Quinton, Antony Loewenstein and Tim Jenkins, Drop Site News, “The Palestine Laboratory Podcast’’
- Janak Rogers, SBS Audio, “Australia Fair”
- Secrets We Keep: Pray Harder, LiSTNR, “Secrets We Keep: Pray Harder”
Radio Current Affairs
- ABC Radio Melbourne Drive, ABC Radio Melbourne, “Melbourne Drive Forum: Violence Against Women - Finding the Solutions’’
- ABC Radio Melbourne Mornings, ABC Radio Melbourne, “Triple 0 outage”
- Charlotte King and Andy Burns, ABC News, “The price of freebirth”
- Heidi Murphy, 3AW, “Long Shift”
Radio News
- Nicole Asher, ABC News, “Sam Hibbins resigns following intern allegations”
- Madelaine Burke, 3AW, “Docklands Protestors Fall On Deaf Ears”
- Stephanie Ferrier, ABC News, "Land Forces Expo Protests”
- Yvette Gray and Iskhandar Razak, ABC Radio Melbourne, “Blue Screen of Death”
Regional and Rural Journalism, sponsored by TAC
Reporting on Disability Issues, sponsored by the Victorian Government
Scoop of the Year
- Gillian Lantouris, 9News, “Mick Murphy. Exclusive interview with Samantha Murphy’s widower”
- Clay Lucas, The Age, “Death puts spotlight on cannabis retail boom”
- John Silvester, The Age, “How police tracked the Easey Street suspect”
- Laura Turner, 9News Melbourne, “Ken Lay Report”
Sports Feature
- Visual Stories Team, The Age, “Faster, higher, stronger: How the Paris 1924 champions would go against today’s Olympians”
- Melissa Fyfe, Good Weekend magazine, “Reining Queen”
- Michael Gleeson, The Age, “The world’s fastest man’s problem - he was slow”
- Jeremy Story Carter, ABC News, “Wahgunyah, undefeated”
Sports News
- Tom Morris, 9News, “Christian Petracca Stories”
- Danny Tran, ABC News, “Olympic coach investigation”
- Michael Warner, Herald Sun, “White Line Fever - AFL illicit drugs crisis”
- Gerard Whateley, SEN and Fox Footy, “The Petracca Nightmare”
Sports Photograph
- Robert Cianflone, Getty Images, “I can do that!”
- Mark Stewart, Herald Sun, “Red flag!”
- Darrian Traynor, Getty Images, “Super Dre”
- Michael Wilson, AFL.com.au, “Feline Fine”
TV Camera Work (Creative)
- Pete Healy, Landline, “Far Flung Dung”
- Ryan Mason, 9News Melbourne, “Marathon Man”
- Stephen Ramplin, A Current Affair, “Battle Tanks”
- Patrick Rocca, 7.30, “Rock Climbing Controversy”
TV Camera Work (Shot of the Year)
- Jason Conduit and Ross Barker, 9News, “Derrimut Fire Aerials”
- Peter Washington, 9News Melbourne, “Sam Murphy Phone Find”
TV/Video Feature
- Nicole Asher and Rhiana Whitson, 7.30, “Fresh appeal for Robert Farquharson”
- Sam Cucchiara, A Current Affair, “Murder Lies”
- Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, Four Corners, “Pain Factory”
- Nick McKenzie, Natalie Clancy, Michael Bachelard and Nichola Younger, 60 Minutes, “Science of Murder”
TV/Video News
- Christine Ahern, 9News Melbourne, “The Yarra Valley Grammar “unrapeable” scandal’’
- Paul Dowsley, 7NEWS, “Beaufort Rim Driver”
- Gillian Lantouris and Jason Conduit, 9News, “Mick Murphy, Exclusive interview with Samantha Murphy’s widower”
- Cassie Zervos and Hope Wilson, 7NEWS, “Easey Street extradition”
Young Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Wilnic Family Trust
- Rebecca Borg, Herald Sun
- Olivia Di Iorio, SBS Examines
- Grace Frost, Herald Sun
- Carla Jaeger, The Age
2024 Victorian Student Journalist of the Year
Winners will be announced at the 30th Quill Awards Dinner on Friday 21 March 2025. Book your tickets now.
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