Work by journalists,photographers,artists and designers atThe Age and its partner publications generated 44 shortlisted entries across 22 categories including nominations forThe Age’sNick McKenzie and theSydney Morning Herald’sKate McClymont in the category.
The Age has dominated the Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards shortlist with a record number of finalists in the running for recognition this year.Melbourne Press Club
McKenzie’s portfolio of work included his revelations of failures and in the immigration system and coverage of the. His work included collaborations with Nine’s60 Minutes. Including the Perkin nomination McKenzie is a finalist in four categories.
McClymont was shortlisted for her,which was published onThe Age.
The Age’sMichael Gleeson andJake Niall are both finalists for the alongside theHerald’sTom Decent.
“This list of nominations is a ringing endorsement ofThe Age’s relentless pursuit of public interest journalism and commitment to providing a truly Victorian perspective on news,sport and life in this state,”The Age editorPatrick Elligett said.
The Age editor Patrick Elligett.Justin McManus
“I’m immensely proud to work with the accomplished nominees,and indeed all the reporters,editors,photographers and others in our newsroom who uphold these commitments every day.”
The judges recognisedThe Age’s investigative and impactful journalism across a range of categories.
Charlotte Grieve is nominated twice for the Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism,once for her series on issues in and again,withAmelia Adams from 60 Minutes,for an. Grieve is also a finalist for her reporting on disability issues.
McKenzie is also a finalist in the category withChris Masters for their work on the Ben Roberts-Smith trial.
For the best coverage of an issue,The Age’s crime team was recognised for its work on Melbourne’s new underworld war whileClay Lucas andSophie Aubrey were also shortlisted in this category for their investigation into the. Lucas and Aubrey’s work was also recognised in the best news reporting in writing category.
Michael Bachelard is shortlisted in the feature writing category for his Good Weekend featureas areMelissa Fyfe andJacqueline Maleyfor which also ran in Good Weekend.
In the artwork category,Matthew Absalom-Wong,Richard Giliberto andJim Pavlidis were all nominated. For cartoons,Matt Golding,Megan Herbert and Pavlidis were shortlisted as finalists.
The Age’s top shelf sports coverage saw and recognised in the sports feature category, and in the sports news category andCarla Jaeger,Marnie Vinall andGreg Baumfor their coverage of women in sport.
Jaeger’s work on also garnered her a nomination at the Young Journalist of the Year. The Age’s Visual Stories Team was shortlisted for an interactive during the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The Age is also a finalist in the breaking news coverage category for its of former premier Daniel Andrews.
The business award category is dominated by journalists fromThe Age withSarah Danckert,Samantha Selinger-Morris,Ruby Schwartz andTammy Mills nominated on the collapse of,alongside a series of by McKenzie andDavid Swan’s work on.
Leading the tally forThe Age’s photographic team isEddie Jim with three nominations,two for features photography and one for sport. Also shortlisted areJustin McManus for as well asPenny Stephens andMarta Pascual Juanola in the sport and news categories respectively.
Penny Stephens is nominated in the sport photograph category for this portrait of Afghan soccer players Fatima and Adiba Ganji.Penny Stephens
and are each shortlisted for the science,medical and health reporting award.
A number of awards highlight the collaboration betweenThe Age and Nine’s broadcast journalism. McKenzie,Natalie Clancy andErin Pearson are finalists in the Indigenous affairs reporting category for their work forThe Age and 60 Minutes.Paul Sakkal is a finalist withA Current Affair’sSam Cucchiara forin the TV Feature category.
Natassia Chrysanthos is a finalist in the reporting on disability category for. Also nominated for journalist of the year are theAustralian Financial Review’sEd Tadros andNeil Chenoweth.
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