Walkley Foundation defends award changes as backlash grows

July 3, 2017 5:29

The Walkley Foundation has been forced to defend last week’s decision to drop the International Journalism category from its annual awards.

Anger at the decision to drop the foreign reporting prize along with those for Interview, Artwork and Journalism Leadership has been growing since the announcement last Friday.

Prominent objectors to the decision include the ABC’s US correspondent Zoe Daniel, former Fairfax columnist and Vietnam War reporter Mike Carlton along with the winner of 2014 Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, Peter Greste, who was imprisoned by Egyptian authorities while reporting for Al-Jazeera.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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