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Lowy Institute for International Policy | Lowy Institute Media Award

About the Lowy Institute Media Award The annual Lowy Institute Media Award recognises Australian journalists who have deepened the knowledge, or shaped the discussion, of international policy issues in our country. One of the long-standing objectives of the Lowy Institute is to deepen and enrich the discussion of international policy in Australia.  We pursue that aim in a variety of ways:  through our research, our events and conferences, and our engagement with policymakers, business people, academia, media and the broader community. We recognise that a lively and sophisticated discussion of the key global issues affecting Australia’s future requires a broad range of contributors.  One of the most important of these is the Australian media. At a time when the media industry is going through a period of great change and uncertainty, we believe it is vital that Australian journalists continue to report and comment on events in the world that impact on Australia. It is for this reason that we have decided to establish this media award. The Lowy Institute Media Award will be given to an Australian journalist or journalistic team who either through a single piece of reporting or commentary, or through a series of reports, has deepened the knowledge, or shaped the discussion, of international policy issues in Australia in the course of the last year. A panel of eminent judges will nominate candidates whose work over the last twelve months they feel best meets the award criteria, specifically:  Topicality – the importance of the issue or issues to Australia’s engagement with the world. Influence – the degree to which the journalist or journalistic team’s work informed or shaped public discussion of international policy. Originality – the extent to which the work brought attention to a new international issue or idea, or re-examined an existing issue from a new perspective. Quality – a high standard of writing or broadcast. 2015 Lowy Institute Media Award Paul Maley.  The 2015 Lowy Institute Media Award ceremony. From left to right: Michael Fullilove, Jane Anderson, Paul Maley, Elizabeth Bryan and Robert Thomson.  The 2015 Lowy Institute Media Award was won by Paul Maley for his coverage of Australian foreign fighters.  Maley, who is National Security Editor at The Australian, was awarded a $20,000 cash prize as well as a Lowy Institute Media Award trophy, created by Dinosaur Designs. Other finalists were: Foreign Correspondent, ‘Into the Hot Zone’, ABC News Foreign Correspondent sent one of the last media crews to the centre of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone before strict border controls went into effect, and helped deepen our understanding of the severity of this crisis. Rowan Callick, The Australian Rowan Callick’s writing on Australia’s economic and trade relationships with Asia reflected his deep knowledge of these issues. In particular, his insightful work on the free trade agreement reached with China helped to explain this new development in one of Australia’s most important bilateral relationships.​ Lindsay Murdoch, Fairfax Media Lindsay Murdoch’s coverage of the baby Gammy controversy touched on the intersection of Asian and Australian culture and told a broader story about our role in the region. It had a meaningful policy impact in Thailand and Australia. Peter Stefanovic, Nine News Peter Stefanovic’s coverage of the conflicts in Northern Iraq and Gaza was immediate, compelling and important reporting for an Australian audience. The keynote address was delivered by Robert Thomson, chief executive of News Corp.  Thomson has served as editor-in-chief of Dow Jones, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and editor of The Times. He has held several posts at the Financial Times, including Editor of the US edition, Editor of the Weekend FT and Assistant Editor. He has also been a correspondent himself in Tokyo and in Beijing.  Thomson began his career as a journalist in 1979 with The Herald. We are pleased to recognise IAG's sponsorship of the 2015 Lowy Institute Media Award. 2014 Lowy Institute Media Award Hayden Cooper. Photo by Mathew Marsic The 2014 Lowy Institute Media Award ceremony. From left to right: Michael Fullilove, Malcolm Turnbull, Kate Torney (on behalf of Hayden Cooper) and Andrew Greste.  On 12 August, the 2014 Lowy Institute Media Award was given to Hayden Cooper for his ABC Foreign Correspondent report on the trial of Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste. The keynote address at the award ceremony was given by The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP. Other finalists selected by the judges were Amanda Hodge (News Corp, The Australian) for her coverage of the Indian elections and Indian sexual violence, Christopher Joye (Fairfax, Australian Financial Review) for his coverage of intelligence and spying issues, Michael Bachelard (Fairfax, Sydney Morning Herald) for his coverage of the Indonesian elections and Michael Edwards for his coverage of the polio epidemic in Pakistan (ABC, Foreign Correspondent). The judging panel for the 2014 Lowy Institute Media Award winner included: former Australian minister and Ambassador Amanda Vanstone, Gold Walkley Award winning investigative journalist and author Chris Masters, former ABC foreign correspondent Jane Hutcheon, Lowy Institute Board Director Mark Ryan and Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove. Media Award trophy kindly donated by Dinosaur Designs.  2013 Lowy Institute Media Award On 26 September 2013, the inaugural Lowy Institute Media Award was given to Fairfax's John Garnaut by a panel of eminent judges including multi award-winning journalists Jana Wendt and Max Uechtritz, Lowy Institute Board Director Mark Ryan, former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove. The keynote address for the ceremony was delivered by Nick Warner AP PSM, Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service. Warner made a speech in tribute to his late father, distinguished war correspondent Denis Warner OBE CMG. The Lowy Institute intends to honour past Australian foreign correspondents such as Denis Warner at each year’s Award ceremony. The Media Award trophy kindly donated by Dinosaur Designs.  The other finalists for the 2013 award were Jo Chandler from The Global Mail, Rowan Callick from The Australian and Trevor Bormann from the ABC.  

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