Finalists have been announced in the 2017 Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism, as well as the Student Journalist of the Year Award.
The radio categories finalists include:
RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS
Bridget Judd, ABC Local Radio, Behind Bars
Patricia Karvelas, ABC RN Drive, Government rejects Constitutional Indigenous voice to Parliament
Neil Mitchell, 3AW, Speed camera virus
RADIO NEWS
3AW Programs & News, 3AW, Bourke Street tragedy
Stephanie Anderson, ABC Radio, Heyfield Mill under threat
Jon Faine, Daniel Ziffer & Harriet Lonnborn, ABC Radio Melbourne, Essendon plane crash
Lauren Hilbert, 3AW, MPs take taxpayers for a ride
PODCASTING
The ABC Trace Team, ABC, Trace
Behind the Wire/The Wheeler Centre, The Wheeler Centre, The Messenger
Melissa Davey, Miles Martignoni & David Marr, Guardian Australia, The Reckoning
Kristofor Lawson, Moonshot, Moonshot
Finalists for Young Journalist of the Year are:
Jemma Ryan, Geelong Advertiser
Cassie Zervos, Herald Sun
For a full list of the Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Award finalists, click here.