Jake Sturmer named Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year

ABC Journalist Jake Sturmer has won 2012 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year.    

The announcement:

ABC journalist, Jake Sturmer has been named the 2012 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year, at the awards ceremony held in Sydney last night. Jake won the top award, as well as the television category, for his investigation into the sexual abuse at a government-run hostel, by one of Western Australia’s worst serial paedophiles.

Last year Jake broke the story of the systemic child abuse at the Katanning Hostel, which subsequently led to an independent inquiry. Since then Jack has continued to cover the inquiry for ABC radio, television and online.