Melbourne Press Club

Resources for Covering COVID-19

26 March 2020

A growing list of articles and tools to help you cover the current Coronavirus pandemic

Journalists’ sources: free speech under attack

31 August 2016

Journalists sources under attack, writes lawyer Justin Quill.

Protecting Victoria’s democracy ahead of state’s largest-ever election

16 September 2026

MPC Event Featured

Join the Victorian Electoral Commissioner, Melbourne University and leading political reporters for this insightful and timely event.

Five Questions with Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication and incoming Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne

29 May 2026

Professor Andrea Carson, the new director of the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing Journalism on AI in the newsroom, dis/misinformation in this year's State election, and how journalism education can respond to the changing media landscape.

31st Quills: Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting, sponsored by the Melbourne Press Club

20 March 2026

Sarah Lawrence, ABC News

31st Quills: Young Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Josephine Nicholls

20 March 2026

Selina Zhang of 9News has won Young Journalist of the Year

Victorian courts in crisis: landmark report reveals need for urgent reform

03 March 2026

A groundbreaking independent research report commissioned by the Melbourne Press Club and conducted by Monash University has found that public interest journalism in Victoria has reached crisis point due to severe limitations on court reporting, access to government sources, and freedom of information.

Public Journalism in Crisis

24 February 2026

MPC Event

Public interest journalism relies on access to information, to ensure powerful institutions and individuals are held to account. But there are now important questions being raised in Victoria about the barriers to news reporting.

'Trust must be earned and not assumed.' Lessons from IRE25

27 August 2025

Trust, transparency and inspiration: these are just some of the lessons from the IRE conference for our Student Journalist of the Year, Brendan Kearns.

Mirrors and daggers: How journalists pay the price of 24/7 screen access

28 July 2023

Australia’s access to high-level journalism skills and resources could lead it becoming an Asia Pacific hub for modelling and promoting solutions to technology-facilitated violence (TFV).

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Resources for Covering COVID-19

Journalists’ sources: free speech under attack

Protecting Victoria’s democracy ahead of state’s largest-ever election

Five Questions with Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication and incoming Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne

31st Quills: Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting, sponsored by the Melbourne Press Club

31st Quills: Young Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Josephine Nicholls

Victorian courts in crisis: landmark report reveals need for urgent reform

Public Journalism in Crisis

'Trust must be earned and not assumed.' Lessons from IRE25

Mirrors and daggers: How journalists pay the price of 24/7 screen access

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