Artificial intelligence offers many benefits to journalism, including the automation of time-consuming tasks — but it also comes with risks, including ethical use, audience transparency, and copyright. Many newsrooms are scrambling to develop agile policies and approaches to this rapidly iterating technology, and incorporate it safely into news-gathering and content…

An interview with Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros about their investigation into the PwC tax scandal. — The Australian Financial Review’s Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros were four-time winners at the 68th Walkley Awards, including the top gong, the Gold Walkley — recognised as the pinnacle of journalistic achievement in Australia — for their year-long coverage of the PwC tax scandal and its ramifications.

This article shares resources from an introductory webinar offered by the Walkley Foundation on 30 November 2023. We will be offering 7 follow-up training sessions in 2024 thanks to a new partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network, and will provide a new grants program for Australian-based reporters. Solutions Journalism is…

By Tatenda Chikwakukire When the Matildas had Australians on the edge of their seats during their quarter-finals match against France, Quinn Rooney captured the ultimate image of victory as the players celebrated a blocked penalty kick. Quinn shares the details behind the winning photo, his industry inspirations, and valuable tips…

Many journalists are being exposed to graphic images and information while covering conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, and issues closer to home such as bushfires and floods. It is important for journalists to be able to recognise signs of trauma response to mitigate potential mental health impact. This…

This year the Walkley Foundation was proud to have student journalist Amy Figueiredo, from Curtin University, join us at the 2023 WA Media Awards ceremony. Here is her interview with ABC News reporter Cason Ho — winner of the ‘New Journalist or Cadet — The Eaves-Prior-Day Prize’, sponsored by Cannings…

See hero images from each photographer nominated for the 68th Walkley Awards. — WINNER: NIKON PHOTO OF THE YEAR Quinn Rooney, Getty Images, ‘Matilda Joy’ Quinn Rooney has been named the winner of the 2023 Nikon Photo of the Year Prize for “Matilda Joy”. The 2023 Walkley Photography Judges kept using the term “jubo” — a newsroom abbreviation for the images of jubilation that editors look for after a…

Jackson Graham won the William Buckland Foundation Fellowship with The Age in 2020, when he was working for The Standard in Warrnambool, Victoria. In this Q&A, he describes how the Fellowship benefited his career as a regional reporter — and why editors might consider supporting other regional reporters to apply. …

Broadcaster and educator Andrea Ho reports from the international gathering in Sweden. — More than 2100 investigative journalists from over 130 countries came to the 13th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC), which took place in the Swedish city of Gothenburg last month. GIJC is a working conference, and the program was packed with practical workshops on basic and advanced data journalism tools, using…