Walkley Awards 2015: winners

Four Corners‘ Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch were awarded the Gold Walkley Award in Melbourne last night for “Making a Killing,” the story which exposed live baiting in the greyhound racing industry in Australia.

The Walkley judges said: “’Making a Killing’ exposes greyhound racing’s ugly secret. It took bravery, tenacity and months of planning in three states to produce a jaw-dropping report that has shaken not just the greyhound code but the entire racing industry.”

ABC and Seven were the big winners in the TV categories at the event held at the Crown Palladium, with Seven News winning for its coverage of the Lindt Siege cafe.

Nine’s 60 Minutes and SKY News’ own David Speers, who was hosting the event, were also recognised.

GOLD WALKLEY
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Making a Killing”

COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE
Seven News Team, Seven News, “Lindt Cafe Siege”

CAMERAWORK
Louie Eroglu, ABC News and Four Corners, ABC TV, “The Killing Season” and “The Great Cricket Coup”

TV/AV NEWS REPORTING
Chris Reason, Seven News, Seven Network, “Lindt Cafe Siege”

TV/AV DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS
Matt Brown, Suzanne Dredge and Mathew Marsic, 7.30, ABC TV, “Enslaved by Aussie Jihadis”

TV/AV WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS
Tara Brown and Rebecca Le Tourneau, 60 Minutes, Nine Network, “Catching a Monster”

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Making a Killing”

INTERVIEW
David Speers, Sky News Australia, “The Fixer”

BUSINESS JOURNALISM
Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert and Klaus Toft, Four Corners, ABC TV and Fairfax Media, “7-Eleven: The Price of Convenience”

MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Huw Parkinson, Insiders, ABC TV, “Bronwyn Bishop’s Arrested Development”, “Star Wars: Fixed” and “The Breakfast Clubbing Season”

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