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Media Iftar Dinner bookings are open!
Held with @AusIntSociety, 2023's topic is “Faith in a Secular Age - Why belief and religion still matter”.
The panel will feature Dr Diana Cousens, Barney Zwartz and Huda Hayek, with moderator Karen Percy.
Info: https://melbournepressclub.com/article/2023-media-iftar-dinner…
“The Melbourne Press Club and the Australian Intercultural Society invite you to the 4th Media Iftar Dinner on Thursday 13 April 2023.” twitter.com/MelbPressClub/…
- it was incredible having you as our host tonight!
Also a big thanks to the club’s sponsors and partners, all entrants and supporters of the Victorian media industry. Keep doing what you’re doing!
The winner of the 2022 Quill for Regional and Rural Journalism is @Hwtippet for @geelongaddy’s ‘Institutional abuse: A city's scars laid bare’.
Congrats, Harrison! Info: https://youtu.be/9kZH3vuPWwE#MPCQuills@TACVictoria
Winners of the 2022 Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism are @GuardianAus’ @gingerandhoney, @emmavkemp, and Melissa Davey for ‘The gaping hole in sport’s concussion policies’.
Congrats team! Info: https://youtu.be/MfqwQJh5_24#MPCQuills
The winners of the 2022 #MPCQuills Reporting on Multicultural Affairs Award are @AcholArok and @danziffer for @abcnews’ ‘So-called 'African gangs' dominated headlines at the last Victorian election and trust issues remain’.
More: https://youtu.be/7_oZah1hpbU
Highly commended for Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting Quill by @FVTOC are @4corners@Milliganreports, @NSelvaratnam, and @L_Day for ‘Heart Failure’.
Also highly commended are @dhflorance, @amy_bainbridge, and @kirstiewellauer for @abc730 ‘Inside Youpla’s collapse’.
The winner of the 2022 Quill for Regional and Rural Journalism is @Hwtippet for @geelongaddy’s ‘Institutional abuse: A city's scars laid bare’.
Congrats, Harrison! Info: https://youtu.be/9kZH3vuPWwE#MPCQuills@TACVictoria
, Suzanne Dredge and Stephanie Zillman for ‘How Many More?’
What made the work stand out? Find out here: https://youtu.be/vKrmOSi9S1E
Congratulations, team! #MPCQuills
Now for the final award of the night — the presentation of the 2022 Gold Quill, chosen as the best work from among all the category winners. #MPCQuills
Next up we have the Quill for recognising Excellence In Indigenous Affairs Reporting, sponsored by the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owners Corporations (
With relaxed illustrative style and subtle use of colour, the work dealt with a complex issue in the form of an online, scrollable graphic novel. Info: https://youtu.be/uksMH3kF5XU#MPCQuills