The Walkley Foundation in Redfern, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

The Walkley Foundation

Locality: Redfern, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9158 3821

Address: 245 Chalmers St 2016 Redfern, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.walkleys.com

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22.01.2022 Last year, we trained 4,000 Aussie journalists in partnership with the Google News Initiative (@GoogleNewsInit). The new GNI Digital Growth Program builds from that work to help small & mid-sized news publishers grow their businesses online. Learn more: g.co/GNIDigitalGrowth

22.01.2022 The final installment of our free Project Kookaburra webinar series for regional publishers begins at 1pm AEDT today. Today's session - How to extend your geographic footprint with a digital rebrand. Last chance to register https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/project-kookaburra-webinar-

22.01.2022 Congratulations to the filmmakers of six outstanding new documentaries longlisted for the 2020 Walkley Documentary Award. Find out the selections and how to register for free screenings of the documentaries at the NSW State Library here:https://www.walkleys.com/2020-walkley-documentary-award-lo/

20.01.2022 The new Conversations with Data podcast has author, educator and data visualisation expert Alberto Cairo on the latest edition of his book "How Charts Lie", providing some useful advice for journalists covering the US elections. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com//conversation-with-alberto-cairo-un

20.01.2022 Want to relive all the action of last Friday's live broadcast of the Walkley Awards? You can watch the full 90 minute awards ceremony right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUA9kuvMmI

20.01.2022 In the newsletter this week: Announcement dates for 2020 Walkley Awards Finalists and Mentorship, Fellowship & Scholarship Recipients; new Twitter Tools Webinar; watch the MDA webinar on YouTube; Spotlight on Steve Dow. Subscribe: https://www.walkleys.com/subscribe/Read: https://mailchi.mp//sept-16-2020-walkley-newsletter-104712

20.01.2022 Revisit our interview with veteran 7 News Sydney cameraman Paul Walker about his extraordinary career and the unforgettable "Sydney Stabbing" footage that landed him the 2019 Walkley Award for Camerawork: https://medium.com/th/spotlight-on-paul-walker-458888dd7631

19.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who donated to the Walkley Mentorship Program! We're delighted that another two opportunities have been added and we look forward to announcing the successful eight mentees and mentors in Oct. TOO LATE TO DONATE? NEVER! Donate here: https://www.walkleys.com//donate-to-the-walkley-public-fu/

19.01.2022 If you missed Media Diversity Australia (@MediaDiverseAU) and The Walkley Foundations webinar discussing MDA's report Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories?, we have some good news for you - it's available to watch at your leisure here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRsa-gLVPY

18.01.2022 Watch the Media Diversity Australia and the Walkleys' online panel on cultural diversity in Australian news and "Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories", with a panel from the NEMBC, SBS Director of Indigenous Content and Economic Media Centre. Watch at your leisure here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRsa-gLVPY

18.01.2022 Join Twitter and The Walkley Foundation for a free lunchtime webinar at 12.30pm on Wednesday September 30, delving into the tools Twitter offers for journalists to source and break news, with panellists Kara Hinesley (Director of Public Policy ANZ), Larry Loh (Head of Comms APAC) and Paul Armstrong (Head Of News Partnerships, SEA & Greater China): https://www.walkleys.com/walkley-twitter-journalism-webinar/

15.01.2022 Applications close midnight tonight for the Our Watch Fellowship. Engage in conversations with peers, veteran and award-winning journalists and violence against women experts on the challenges and opportunities for advancing journalism on this topic. http://www.walkleys.com/scholarships/our-watch-fellowships/

14.01.2022 In the newsletter this week: 2020 Documentary Award longlist announced plus free screenings at NSW State Library; register for a free Twitter Tools webinar; Spotlight on Ben Schnieders, and more. Subscribe: https://www.walkleys.com/subscribe/ Read: https://mailchi.mp//sept-23-2020-walkley-newsletter-104733

13.01.2022 Entries are now closed for the 2020 Mentorship Program, as well as The William Buckland Fellowship with The Age and Scholarship with Sunraysia Daily. Bookmark Thurs Oct 15 - that's when recipients are announced, and sign up to our enews to hear first: https://www.walkleys.com/subscribe/

12.01.2022 Read Sean Dorney Grant recipient Nic Maclellan's (@MaclellanNic) latest article for Inside Story (@insidestorymag) looking at how, 80 years after helping defend New Caledonia against Japan, Australia is mobilising to counter another rising Asian power: https://insidestory.org.au/before-noumea-there-was-only-lo/

12.01.2022 Bookmark Thursday October 15: that's the date we'll be announcing the finalists in the 2020 Walkley Awards, as well as the recipients of this year's Mentorship Program and the William Buckland Fellowship and Scholarship. Sign up to our enews to hear first: https://www.walkleys.com/subscribe/

12.01.2022 Register free for Mumbrellas next webinar, on Weds Oct 7 at 12pm (AEDT) asking Is This the End of WFH? The Tech and Psychology of the New Future Office, with some of media and marketing's top minds on surviving and thriving in the new hybrid workplace: https://app.livestorm.co/mumbrella/wrike

12.01.2022 "I was quite surprised by the level of intensity of the reaction to the story and the fact that it became a massive national issue for several weeks." Ben Schneiders talks to the Walkleys about his June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting-winning work with Nick McKenzie: "explosive scoops" (Walkley judges) on the CFMEUs John Setka, domestic violence and one of Australia's most powerful unions: https://medium.com//spotlight-on-ben-schneiders-1963986497

12.01.2022 We spoke with Ben Schneiders, 2020 winner with Nick McKenzie of The June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting, about his winning work and the scoop's "long lasting impact on one of the most important unions in Australia.

10.01.2022 Our Watch Australia has a series of two online seminars bringing together Australias sports journalists to talk about gender in the Australian sports media: "Media Making Change: Equality and Respect in Sports Media". Tune in at 2pm Tuesday Nov 20 or 2pm tomorrow, Tuesday Sept 22. Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/media-making-change-equalit

09.01.2022 Put November 3 to November 27 in your diary if you're in Sydney (or can get to Sydney): The Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition will be on display at NSW Parliament House, stay tuned for more details to come. (Image: Lukas Koch, 2018 Photo of the Year)

09.01.2022 For a 15-minute explainer on the showdown between Google and Facebook over the governments proposal to make the tech giants pay Australian media to host their news content, listen back to Mike Seccombe's 5 Reasons Facebook Is Ditching News (You Won't Believe Number 3) on The Saturday Paper's 7am podcast here: https://7ampodcast.com.au//5-reasons-facebook-is-ditching-

08.01.2022 Festival of Dangerous Ideas' FODI Digital speaks with whistle-blower Edward Snowden on Thursday September 24 at 7pm for Surveillance States, looking at questions of government control of information, and is this more dangerous than any other external threat? Get tickets here: https://festivalofdangerousideas.com//surveillance-states-

07.01.2022 Writer and journalist Andrew Fowler, author of The Most Dangerous Man in the World about Julian Assange, joins political satirist, writer and artist Bryan Dawe to discuss in forensic detail the rise and political imprisonment of Julian Assange, from 6pm Oct 8. Register free here: https://www.unisa.edu.au//Events-c/hawkecentre_fowlerdawe/

07.01.2022 Photo-based artist and poet Judith Nangala Crispin is the focus of the next Head On Spotlight talk, at 6pm on Wednesday October 7 - register here (free for members, $15 for non-members).

07.01.2022 The full line-up has been announced for Walkleys Live at Sydney Festival, Jan 21-24 at Sydney Town Hall. Take a deep dive into award-winning work with the likes of Mark Willacy, Kate McClymont, Nick Moir, Sylvia Liber, Chris Reason, Patrick Abboud, Lorena Allam, Laura Murphy-Oates and Mahmood Fazal. Tickets are only $25, more info at the link.

06.01.2022 "The arts is the stuff of life, and perhaps the arts has a reputation as being somehow elitist. Its not. More of us go to art galleries than go to footy. Read some words of wisdom from Steve Dow, 2020 winner of the June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism: https://medium.com/the-/spotlight-on-steve-dow-2880328bb4fa

06.01.2022 Check out the Public Interest Journalism Initiative's (@PIJI_Journalism) updated Australian Newsroom Mapping Project, interrogating changes to Australia's news landscape, including a histogram clearly showing COVID-19's impact on newsrooms and stations: https://anmp.piji.com.au/?mc_cid=557cc37c42&mc_eid=[UNIQID]

03.01.2022 ICYMI: Watch Democracys Watchdogs' interview with the irrepressible, multi-award-winning SMH investigative journalist, Kate McClymont, who has exposed corruption and the abuse of power by key players in Sydneys political and corporate circle for decades. View it here: https://democracyswatchdogs.org/kate-mcclymont

02.01.2022 First Draft News' next webinar on Friday Sept 24 joins forces with Amnesty Internationals Crisis Evidence Lab for a conversation on how best to help journalists, researchers and fact checkers look after their mental health while covering information disorder: https://us02web.zoom.us//regist/WN_MuSQ4Ik_SpS3y9hjKI_TsA

02.01.2022 The Saturday Paper has announced that entries are open for The Horne Prize, valued at $15,000 and awarded annually to an outstanding essay of up to 3000 words that sheds light on a significant aspect of contemporary Australian life, closing Nov 9.

01.01.2022 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: join Twitter tomorrow for a free lunchtime webinar at 12.30pm on Wednesday September 30, delving into the tools Twitter offers for journalists to source and break news, with panellists Kara Hinesley (Director of Public Policy ANZ), Larry Loh (Head of Comms APAC) and Paul Armstrong (Head of News Partnerships, SEA & Greater China): https://www.walkleys.com/walkley-twitter-journalism-webinar/

01.01.2022 The 2020 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition will be on display at NSW Parliament House from November 3 to November 27; revisit 21 years of the Nikon-Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism with this multimedia gallery by the @smh: https://www.smh.com.au/interact/2020/nikon-walkley-gallery/

01.01.2022 Ready to meet the future of Australian journalism? Meet the six Australian journalists aged under 28 who walked away with the Young Journalist of the Year Awards at this year's Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism: https://medium.com//meet-australias-best-young-journalists