Walkley Awards WINNER: 2010 Best Online Journalism

Meares, Andrew (Recipient)

School of Cybernetics

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WINNER 2010 Best Online Journalism. The Walkley Awards recognise “creative and courageous acts of journalism that seek out the truth and give new insight to an issue”. They reward excellence, independence, innovation, originality in storytelling, and distinctive reporting. This can be through research and investigations, well-crafted and innovative presentations, news-breaking single stories and engaging, entertaining and/or informative reporting. The Walkley for best online journalism went to the photographer Andrew Meares for his coverage of the 2010 federal election. Meares used a mobile phone camera to document the unseen moments on the edges of the campaign using Twitter. The judges said Meares ''combined great storytelling and sharp observational skills with an innovative use of technology''.

Awarded date	10 Dec 2010
Degree of recognition	National
Granting Organisations	Walkley Foundation

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Event title	Walkley Awards
Location	, Sydney, AustraliaShow on map
Period	10 Dec 2010

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The Walkley for best online journalism went to the photographer Andrew Meares for his coverage of the 2010 federal election. Meares used a mobile phone camera to document the unseen moments on the edges of the campaign using Twitter. The judges said Meares ''combined great storytelling and sharp observational skills with an innovative use of technology''.