The Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership is an Australian award that recognises outstanding acts of courage and bravery in the practice of journalism, in the prestigious Walkley Awards series. The inaugural award, for Excellence in News Leadership, was made in 1997. It became the award for Excellence in Journalism Leadership in 1998.

In 2017 the Walkley Foundation announced that due to a reorganisation of categories, the Journalism Leadership award would no longer be given out.

List of winners

List of Walkley Award winners for Journalism Leadership Year Recipient(s) Program / Title Media outlet / Publisher Notes 1997 Stephen Rice Sunday Nine Network 1998 Laurie Oakes Nine Network 1999 Brian Toohey 2000 Mike Steketee The Australian 2001 Paul Kelly The Australian 2002 Peter Meakin Nine Network 2003 Paul McGeough Fairfax Media 2004 Les Carlyon 2005 Deborah Fleming Australian Story ABC TV 2006 Michelle Grattan The Age; Radio National Breakfast Fairfax Media;ABC 2007 Eric Beecher Private Media 2008 no award 2009 John Hartigan News Limited 2010 Kerry O'Brien The 7:30 Report ABC TV 2011 Kylie Holland Freelance journalist 2012 The Border Mail 2013 Gerard Ryle 2014 Bob CroninThe West AustralianSeven West Media 2015 Debi Marshall 2016 Rebecca Wilson awarded posthumously

See also Walkley Awards

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