The Age has been recognised for investigations into the Exclusive Brethren’s election interference, corruption in the Big Build infrastructure scheme and rampant underquoting in real estate in Victoria’s most prestigious journalism awards.
The masthead picked up 36 nominations across 31 categories in the Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards for Journalistic Excellence, to be held in March. The awards recognise work published in 2025.
The property story Bidding Blind, by The Age’s Aisha Dow, Nigel Gladstone, Lucy Macken and the Visual Stories Team, which delved into underquoting in Victoria’s property market, was nominated for innovation in journalism and in the investigative journalism category.
Also nominated for investigative journalism category were Michael Bachelard, Max Maddison, Kieran Rooney and Sumeyya Ilanbey, who uncovered how a separatist Christian sect campaigned for the Coalition before last year’s federal election.
Reporters Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson have also each earned a nod for the Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year award for their body of work.
Associate editor Tony Wright, photographer Justin McManus and editor Selma Milovanovic were nominated in the Indigenous Affairs Reporting category for their piece on The Long Road to Treaty in Victoria.
In the running for the science, medical and health reporting category are Michael Bachelard, Charlotte Grieve and Mark Stehle for their piece on whether outback scrub is really saving the planet, while science reporter Liam Mannix and health reporter Broede Carmody are nominated for reporting on whether social media is to blame for declining mental health among young people.
Waleed Aly, Cory Alpert and Tony Wright are all nominated for the Keith Dunstan Quill for commentary. Aly won the award in 2025.
Reporter Neary Ty’s piece on her father surviving Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia is in the running to win the best multicultural affairs and media reporting. Ty is also nominated for feature writing for work on rebuilding lives after the Khmer Rouge.
Senior reporter Grant McArthur and state political reporter Rachel Eddie are nominated for their work on the seclusion of a disabled man for decades in the disability issues category.
Michael Bachelard, Ruby Schwartz and Julia Carr-Catzel are nominated for Diagnosing Murder, their podcast series looking into shaken baby syndrome. Bachelard and Schwartz also received a nod for a Good Weekend feature on the same topic.
In the running for best news report in writing is chief reporter Chip Le Grand for his piece on Victoria’s secret Gonski cuts, while Carla Jaeger has been nominated once again for Young Journalist of the Year. Melissa Fyfe has also received a nomination for Wedlocked, her Good Weekend feature investigating women in forced marriages in Australia.
The Age’s photographers also snared a raft of nominations, including Justin McManus, Eddie Jim and Chris Hopkins.
“These nominations show both the breadth and depth of The Age newsroom, with nominations across sport, investigative reporting, photography, podcasting, artwork and news,” editor Patrick Elligett said.
“It is always pleasing when our journalists’ dedication to serving readers is recognised by our industry peers.”
Read the full list of nominees here.
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Caroline Schelle is an education reporter, and joined The Age in 2022. She previously covered courts at AAP.Connect via X or email.From our partners
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