Congratulations to the ABC’s finalists at the 2021 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
The ABC has 19 nominations across 14 categories.
The winners will be announced on Friday 18 March.
Full list of ABC finalists:
COVERAGE OF WOMEN IN SPORT
- Rhiannon Stevens, ABC Online,
EXCELLENCE IN INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING
- Andy Burns and Shahni Wellington, ABC 7.30 and ABC
GRANT HATHAM QUILL FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
- Ben Butler, Elise Worthington and Neil Chenoweth, Guardian Australia, ABC, and
- Sarah Curnow and Josie Taylor; ABC News,
INNOVATION IN JOURNALISM
- Michael Slezak, Mark Doman and Katie Shatoba, ABC News,
- Bang Xiao, ABC News,
PODCASTING
- Mahmood Fazal, ABC Radio ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾,
RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS
- Norman Herman, ABC AM,
- Charlotte King, ABC Background Briefing and AM,
RADIO NEWS
- Nicole Asher, ABC Radio Melbourne Drive, ‘Violence on the steps of the Shrine of Remembrance’
- Bridget Rollason, 774 ABC Radio Melbourne, ‘Victoria’s construction industry shutdown for two weeks’
- Richard Willingham, ABC News, ‘Purpose built quarantine hub to be built in Mickleham’
REGIONAL AND RURAL JOURNALISM
- Emma Field, Andy Burns and Charlotte King, ABC Gippsland, Countryhour and News,
REPORTING ON DISABILITY ISSUES
- Jessica Longbottom, ABC News
REPORTING ON MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
- Bang Xiao, Jarrod Fankhauser, Steven Viney, ABC News
SPORTS FEATURE
- Russell Jackson, ABC News,
TV/VIDEO FEATURE
- Adele Ferguson, Klaus Toft, Lauren Day, ABC Four Corners,
TV/VIDEO NEWS
- Michael Slezak and Laura Kewley, ABC 7.30, ‘”Lawless” loggers’
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Shannon Schubert, ABC News,
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