Walkley Awards & Scholarships

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Student Journalist of the Year Award

Walkley Foundation presents the Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism recognising the Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards.

Open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Work must have been either published or submitted for assessment. Entrants must be full-time students with the majority of their time dedicated to studying. The award winner and finalists are chosen on the basis of journalistic excellence, including newsworthiness, research, writing, production, incisiveness, impact, ethics, originality, innovation, and creative flair.

Entries close: 15 April 2024

Winner announced: 20 June 2024

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Scholarship Opportunities

The Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship with Nine

WIN News Broadcast Scholarship

Walkley Indigenous Scholarship with Junkee Media and 10 News First

The Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism 2024

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