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{{Short description|Journalists organisation in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}}
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The '''Melbourne Press Club''', commonly referred to as '''MPC''', is a not-for-profit association of journalists in the city of [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref name="age1">{{Cite news
The '''Melbourne Press Club''' ('''MPC'''), is a not-for-profit association of journalists in the city of [[Melbourne]], Australia. It runs the annual '''Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism'''.
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| accessdate = 18 September 2007 | newspaper = [[The Age]]
| publisher= [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]]
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==Governance==
ABC Reporter Ashlynne McGhee is the club's current President. The Melbourne Press Club provides awards in the [[State of Victoria]] for outstanding journalism, presenting the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n [[journalism]].<ref name="age2">{{Cite news
MPC is a not-for-profit association of journalists.<ref name="age1">{{Cite news | first = Matthew | last = Ricketson | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/seethrough-news/2007/09/07/1188783487631.html | title = See-through news | accessdate = 18 September 2007 | newspaper = [[The Age]] | publisher= [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]] | location=Melbourne| date=8 September 2007}}</ref>
|author = The Age
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|url = http://about.theage.com.au/list_award.asp
|title = <!-- MARK FORBES -->Mark Forbes, Jakarta correspondent - Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards
|accessdate = 18 September 2007
|newspaper = [[The Age]]
|publisher = [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]]
|year = 2007
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|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20030608001855/http://about.theage.com.au/list_award.asp
|archivedate = 8 June 2003}}</ref> MPC co-hosts the annual [[Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award]], named after a celebrated Australian journalist. MPC also presents the annual Grant Hattam Award, in honour of the leading media lawyer who died suddenly in 1998 from cancer. It also hosts The Australian Media Hall of Fame which honours "journalists, editors, publishers, broadcasters, producers, artists, photographers or others who have had a significant impact by working in the media".<ref>[https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/media-hall-of-fame Media Hall of Fame], melbournepressclub.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.</ref>


{{as of| 2024}} [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] reporter Ashlynne McGhee is president.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-27 |title=The Board |url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/article/the-board |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=Melbourne Press Club |language=en}}</ref>
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The MPC often holds lunches for the press to meet with high-profile political leaders, business leaders and figures relevant to significant public issues. The Journalism 2007 Conference was sponsored by MPC in 2007, and in 2007, Prime Minister [[John Howard]] made an address to the MPC regarding [[Australia's Climate Change Policy]].<ref name="pdf">{{Cite web|url=http://abc.net.au/corp/pubs/documents/chadwick_press_club060907.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824065735/http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/documents/chadwick_press_club060907.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2009|title=Journalism 2007 Conference, hosted by the Melbourne Press Club - "A new transparency" by Paul Chadwick ABC Director Editorial Policies.|accessdate=18 September 2007|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year=2007|author=ABC}}</ref><ref name="pm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2007/Speech24445.cfm|title=Address to the Melbourne Press Club|accessdate=18 September 2007|publisher=Prime Minister of Australia|year=2007|author=John Howard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829130734/http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2007/Speech24445.cfm|archive-date=29 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and events==
===Quill Awards===
[[File:The 2021 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards room pre-event.jpg|thumb|The 2021 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards room pre-event]]
The Melbourne Press Club provides awards in the [[state of Victoria]] for outstanding journalism, presenting the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism (usually referred to as simply the Quill Awards, or Quills).<ref>{{cite web | title=The Quill Awards For Journalistic Excellence | website=Melbourne Press Club | date=30 November 1971 | url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/award/the-quill-awards-for-journalistic-excellence | access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="age2">{{Cite news |author = The Age |author-link = The Age|url = http://about.theage.com.au/list_award.asp |title = Mark Forbes, Jakarta correspondent - Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards |accessdate = 18 September 2007 |newspaper = [[The Age]] |publisher = [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]] |year = 2007 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20030608001855/http://about.theage.com.au/list_award.asp |archivedate = 8 June 2003}}</ref> The Young Journalist of the Year Award was created in 1993.<ref name=about/>

{{as of|2024}} the Quill Awards has the following categories:<ref>{{cite web | title=Conditions of Entry & Judging Criteria | website=Melbourne Press Club | date=28 November 2023 | url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/quills-coe-category-criteria | access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
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* Artwork
* Best Breaking News or Live Coverage, sponsored by The Lottery Corporation
* Best Coverage of an Issue
* Business News/Feature, sponsored by McGrathNicol
* Cartoon
* Coverage of Women in Sport, sponsored by the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation
* Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting, sponsored by the Federation of
* Traditional Owners
* Excellence in Science, Medical and Health Reporting, sponsored by University of Melbourne
* Feature Writing
* Features Photograph
* Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism, sponsored by HWT
* Innovation in Journalism, sponsored by Ryman Healthcare
* Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary
* Multicultural Affairs and Media, in partnership with Gandel Foundation
* News Photograph
* News Reporting in Writing
* Podcasting
* Radio Current Affairs
* Radio News
* Regional and Rural Journalism, sponsored by TAC
* Reporting on Disability Issues, sponsored by the Victorian Government
* Scoop of the Year
* Sports Feature
* Sports News
* Sports Photograph
* TV Camera Work (Creative)
* TV Camera Work (Shot of the Year)
* TV/Video Feature
* TV/Video News
* Young Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Wilnic Family Trust
{{div col end}}
The Gold Quill is presented to the best category winner.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Quill Awards for Journalistic Excellence |url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/award/the-quill-awards-for-journalistic-excellence |website=Melbourne Press Club |publisher=Melbourne Press Club |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>

===Other awards and events===
At the annual Quills awards events, MPC also presents two national awards:<ref name=about>{{cite web | title=About the Club | website=Melbourne Press Club | date=27 May 2016 | url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/article/about-the-club | access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
* [[Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award]]
* Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of The Year

From 2011 until 2018, MPC hosted the Australian Media Hall of Fame, which honours "reporters, editors, broadcasters, photographers, cartoonists and commentators who have made a significant contribution to the development of Australian media".<ref>{{cite web| title=About us | website=MPC - Hall Of Fame | url=https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/about-us | access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Club | first=Melbourne Press | title=The Australian Media Hall of Fame. | website= The Australian Media Hall of Fame. | date=16 November 2018 | url=https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/ | access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>

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The MPC holds lunches for the press to meet with high-profile political leaders, business leaders and figures relevant to significant public issues. The Journalism 2007 Conference was sponsored by MPC in 2007, and in 2007, Prime Minister [[John Howard]] made an address to the MPC regarding [[Australia's Climate Change Policy]].<ref name="pdf">{{Cite web|url=http://abc.net.au/corp/pubs/documents/chadwick_press_club060907.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824065735/http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/documents/chadwick_press_club060907.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2009|title=Journalism 2007 Conference, hosted by the Melbourne Press Club - "A new transparency" by Paul Chadwick ABC Director Editorial Policies.|accessdate=18 September 2007|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |year=2007 |author=ABC}}</ref><ref name="pm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2007/Speech24445.cfm|title=Address to the Melbourne Press Club|accessdate=18 September 2007|publisher=Prime Minister of Australia|year=2007|author=John Howard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829130734/http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2007/Speech24445.cfm|archive-date=29 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External sources ==
== External sources ==
*[http://www.melbournepressclub.com/ MPC Official site]
*{{official|https://www.melbournepressclub.com/}}
*[https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/ The Australian Media Hall of Fame]
*[https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/about-us About the Australian Media Hall of Fame]


[[Category:Organisations based in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Mass media in Australia]]
[[Category:Mass media in Australia]]
[[Category:Press clubs]]
[[Category:Press clubs]]
[[Category:Clubs and societies in Australia]]
[[Category:Clubs and societies in Victoria (state)]]

Latest revision as of 09:28, 19 October 2024

The Melbourne Press Club (MPC), is a not-for-profit association of journalists in the city of Melbourne, Australia. It runs the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.

Governance

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MPC is a not-for-profit association of journalists.[1]

As of 2024 ABC reporter Ashlynne McGhee is president.[2]

Awards and events

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Quill Awards

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The 2021 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards room pre-event

The Melbourne Press Club provides awards in the state of Victoria for outstanding journalism, presenting the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism (usually referred to as simply the Quill Awards, or Quills).[3][4] The Young Journalist of the Year Award was created in 1993.[5]

As of 2024 the Quill Awards has the following categories:[6]

  • Artwork
  • Best Breaking News or Live Coverage, sponsored by The Lottery Corporation
  • Best Coverage of an Issue
  • Business News/Feature, sponsored by McGrathNicol
  • Cartoon
  • Coverage of Women in Sport, sponsored by the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation
  • Excellence in Indigenous Affairs Reporting, sponsored by the Federation of
  • Traditional Owners
  • Excellence in Science, Medical and Health Reporting, sponsored by University of Melbourne
  • Feature Writing
  • Features Photograph
  • Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism, sponsored by HWT
  • Innovation in Journalism, sponsored by Ryman Healthcare
  • Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary
  • Multicultural Affairs and Media, in partnership with Gandel Foundation
  • News Photograph
  • News Reporting in Writing
  • Podcasting
  • Radio Current Affairs
  • Radio News
  • Regional and Rural Journalism, sponsored by TAC
  • Reporting on Disability Issues, sponsored by the Victorian Government
  • Scoop of the Year
  • Sports Feature
  • Sports News
  • Sports Photograph
  • TV Camera Work (Creative)
  • TV Camera Work (Shot of the Year)
  • TV/Video Feature
  • TV/Video News
  • Young Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Wilnic Family Trust

The Gold Quill is presented to the best category winner.[7]

Other awards and events

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At the annual Quills awards events, MPC also presents two national awards:[5]

From 2011 until 2018, MPC hosted the Australian Media Hall of Fame, which honours "reporters, editors, broadcasters, photographers, cartoonists and commentators who have made a significant contribution to the development of Australian media".[8][9]

The MPC holds lunches for the press to meet with high-profile political leaders, business leaders and figures relevant to significant public issues. The Journalism 2007 Conference was sponsored by MPC in 2007, and in 2007, Prime Minister John Howard made an address to the MPC regarding Australia's Climate Change Policy.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ Ricketson, Matthew (8 September 2007). "See-through news". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  2. ^ "The Board". Melbourne Press Club. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "The Quill Awards For Journalistic Excellence". Melbourne Press Club. 30 November 1971. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ The Age (2007). "Mark Forbes, Jakarta correspondent - Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards". The Age. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  5. ^ a b "About the Club". Melbourne Press Club. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Conditions of Entry & Judging Criteria". Melbourne Press Club. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  7. ^ "The Quill Awards for Journalistic Excellence". Melbourne Press Club. Melbourne Press Club. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  8. ^ "About us". MPC - Hall Of Fame. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  9. ^ Club, Melbourne Press (16 November 2018). "The Australian Media Hall of Fame". The Australian Media Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  10. ^ ABC (2007). "Journalism 2007 Conference, hosted by the Melbourne Press Club - "A new transparency" by Paul Chadwick ABC Director Editorial Policies" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  11. ^ John Howard (2007). "Address to the Melbourne Press Club". Prime Minister of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

External sources

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