Relive the 30th Quill Awards

The 30th Quill Awards Dinner brought state and national media together to celebrate the very best in journalism.

Gallery: 30th Quill Awards Dinner

Relive the 30th Quill Awards Dinner

Extract: Tracey Kirkland in Age of Doubt

An extract from new book 'Age of Doubt: Building Trust in a World of Misinformation'

49th Perkin Award – Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 49th Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year.

Inaugural Jana Wendt Award – Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the inaugural Jana Wendt Award for International Reporting.

30th Quill Awards – Finalists

The MPC is pleased to announce the finalists for our 30th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism and the 2024 Victorian Student Journalist of the Year.

10th Gordon Award – Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 10th Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Champion Data.

Gordon Award celebrates 10 years with new sponsorship

The Australian Sports Journalist of the Year award, named after legendary editor and reporter Harry Gordon, has a new sponsor to celebrate its 10th year.

Media release: Quills now open, featuring new international reporting award

A new national award recognising the achievements of a pioneering female Australian journalist will be the centrepiece of the 30th anniversary Quill Awards celebration in March.

2024/25 Michael Gordon Fellows announced

Three social justice journalism projects will be undertaken in the coming year after the Melbourne Press Club announced the latest recipients of the Michael Gordon Journalism Fellowships.

Media Release: Melbourne Press Club announces new president and board members

Following the Melbourne Press Club’s Annual General Meeting today (23 October 2024), the Club has elected a new president and welcomed four new board members.

Digital Platforms and the Press

Associate Professor James Meese has a new book out called Digital Platforms and the Press, which explores the risks associated with a platform-dependent press. It’s free to read through open access.

Applications Open for the 2024/25 Michael Gordon Fellowships [NOW CLOSED]

The Melbourne Press Club is pleased to open applications for the 2024/25 Michael Gordon Fellowships program.

Program’s new cadet

The second cadet in the Regional Journalism Fellowship Program run by the Press Club, the Greater Shepparton Foundation and the McPherson Media Group, will start at The Shepparton News in two months.

Vale Sam Landsberger

There have been many words written and said about Melbourne sports journalist Sam Landsberger in the days after his tragic death. A recurring theme has been Sam's decency: he was a great human being, with the admirable knack of always being true to himself.

Notification of 2024 MPC Annual General Meeting

Welcome from our new Program Officer Freddie Moffat

A word from Freddie Moffat, who will be working on some upcoming MPC events and programs.

Linda Pearce wins 2023 Harry Gordon Sports Journalist of The Year Award

Linda’s compelling series on the failure of the Collingwood netball club revealed the dysfunction at the heart of the famous football club’s foray into women’s netball.

Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros named 2023 Graham Perkin Australian Journalists of the Year

AFR journalists Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros have been named the 2023 Graham Perkin Australian Journalists of the Year.

The Australian's John Ferguson wins the 29th Gold Quill

A scoop about the tragic consequences of a mushroom lunch in regional Victoria has won the prestigious Gold Quill at the Melbourne Press Club’s 29th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.  

29th Quill Awards: Photos

See our photos from the 29th Quill Awards

29th Quill Awards – Finalists

The MPC is thrilled to announce the finalists for our 29th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.

48th Perkin Award – Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 48th Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year.

9th Gordon Award – Finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 9th Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.

New journalism fellowship launches career for regional Victorian school leaver

The Melbourne Press Club is delighted to announce the first recipient of its Regional Journalism Fellowship Program, supported by the Brian M Davis Charitable Foundation.

Fellowship opportunity: making sense of society’s fault lines

Applications are now open for the Swinburne University of Technology-Melbourne Press Club ‘Beyond the Fault Lines’ Fellowship.

Steve Harris appointed Member of the Order of Australia

Former Melbourne Press Club president Steve Harris was awarded an AM in the Australia Day honours for his significant service to print journalism.

Melbourne Press Club – a brief review of a busy 2023

It’s been a bumper year at the Melbourne Press Club, built around our annual highlight, the Quill awards, which again saw more than 500 of Melbourne’s media industry celebrate the best of Victorian journalism.

Watch: How to write (good) and better with Andrew Rule

Earlier this year, one of the nation's best journalists, Andrew Rule distilled years of wisdom on How to write (good) and better.

29th Quill Awards entries open

The Quills are the premier media awards in Victoria, celebrating the best work in over 30 categories across all media.

Membership fee increase

For the first time since 2018, the Melbourne Press Club is increasing its annual membership fee.

2023/2024 Michael Gordon Fellows announced

Four new projects of social justice journalism will be undertaken in the coming year after the Melbourne Press Club announced the latest recipients of the Michael Gordon Journalism Fellowships.

Australia's secrecy laws include 875 offences. Reforms are welcome but don't go far enough for press

Peter Greste says it's laudable that the government recognises the threats to media freedom embedded in the law, but the answers in the review are more of the same: a set of band aids, rather than a comprehensive cure.

'I think we're just that local voice. That's something we do better than anyone else...'

You don’t need to be a long-term local in regional Victoria to understand the power of community journalism. In this story, Matthew Hall speaks to two young sports journalists at regional mastheads who have quickly learned how important it is to not only tell those stories, but to ensure every detail is correct.

Tips for getting a job in journalism

How to do you get a job in a journalism? Here are the tips on starting your career, from the guest panellists at this week’s Edit event.