The Queensland Media Awards 2006 are announced today.

Jefferson fellowships close

Today's the last day for applications for the EastWest Centre's Jefferson Fellowships.

Media peace awards

United Nations Association of Australia presents its 28th annual Media Peace Awards in Melbourne tonight.

Regional jornalism convention

The 5th Annual MEAA Regional Journalism Convention is being held in Brisbane today and tmorrow.

Radio awards announced

The Australian Commercial Radio Awards are announced today.

Press Council report

The Australian Press Council today published an important new report State of the News Print Media in Australia which is essential reading for anyone wanting to know where the print media is heading, and why. The full text is available on the APC web site.

Walkley Awards finalists

Finalists in the 2006 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism will be announced in Sydney and Melbourne tonight.

Student awards close

Sensis/MPC Award for Student Journalism entries close today.

Sports awards close

Entries for the Australia Sports Council awards close today.

Food media awards announced

The Vittoria Food Media Awards 2006 winners are posted on the Food Media Club website.

Human Rights Awards nominations extended

Nominations for the 2006 Human Rights Medal and Awards, due to close on 29 September, will now close at 5.00pm on 6 October 2006

Munster award 2006

Freelance journalist Olivia Rousset is winner of the 2006 George Munster Award announced last night.

NAB/NPC student awards

The winners of the National Australia Bank Excellence in Student Journalism Awards were announced in Canberra yesterday but the results are not aviolable on the Internet.

Qld great debate

The Queensland Media Club debate between the Premiere and the Opposition Leader is today at 12.30.

Queensland media awards

The MEAA's Queensland Media Awards are now open, close on 20 September and announced 22 October 2006.

Peck awards

Entries close today for the Rory Peck Awards.

Friendly close

The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships close today US time.

NSW awards

Nominations for the NSW Fair Trading Journalism Awards close today.

Comms in crisis lecture

BBC World's anchor Nik Gowing will deliver public lecture at Asialink: Communications in Crisis? New media and new real-time tensions in Melbourne tonight.

Sports awards

Nominations are open for the 2006 Australian Sports Commission Media Awards.

Melbourne lecture

The University of Melbourne's annual A N Smith Memorial Lecture will be given by American columnist E J Dionne this evening.

Eureka prizes announced

The Australian Museum's Eureka Prizes will be announced tonight. TV, radio and press reporting are included.

ANZSOG media dinner

The Australia and New Zealand School of Government dinner on Media and Government: a Changing Relationship in Uncertain Times, is on in Melbourne this evening.

RPCV awards

The Rural Press Club of Victoria Journalism and Photography Awards will be announcd tonight.

Student winner

The Just Super Student Journalist of the Year finalists and winner have been announced by MEAA.

FCA AGM

The Foreign Correspondents Association held its AGM yesterday and a report is on their site.

Trauma fellowships close

Applications for the Dart Centre's Ochberg Fellowships close today.

ATOM awards close

Entries for the Australian Teachers of Media ATOM Awards close today.

Fair Trading awards

The NSW Department of Commerce Fair Trading Journalism Awards are now open and close 1 September 2006.

Investigative awards

The annual International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting is now open and closes on 15 February 2007.

OPSO media awards

Nominations are now open for the OPSO People's Choice Media Awards, where the public get to nominate the best reports in any media portraying the 50-plus age group in a positive light. The awards are national and there is a student's section suitable for schools.

ANZCA conference

The annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Communications Assciation is being held in Adelaide 5-7 July.

Communication ethics conference

The inaugural conference of the Institute of Communication Ethics AU/NZ will be held in Adelaide today.

Ossie awards open

Entries are now open for the JEA's Ossie Awards for student journalism.

Press freedom awards

The Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression (CJFE) International Press Freedom Awards close today, Canadian time.

Lyneham Award

Seven Network political editor Mark Riley won the 2006 Paul Lyneham Award for political journalism, announced at the Press Gallery's Mid-Winter Ball.

Student award

The FECCA/SBS joint national award for student journalism was announced on June 9. The winner is Phillip Thomson, then of Newcastle Uni and now of Port Macquarie News. He gets $1,000 from FECCA and a six months internship with SBS.

Press freedom awards

The Canadian Jounalists for Freedom of Expression International Press Freedom Awards are now open. Entries close on June 30 and results are announced on 1 November 2006.

WAN meeting

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and its Editors Forum are meeting in Moscow 5-7 June 2006. The WAN meeting is being blogged with podcasts and the Forum reported continuously on their Editors Weblog.

Trends in Newsrooms 2006

WAN's Trends in Newsrooms 2006 report is now out and available for purchase online.

Harry Williams award closes

Entries for Queensland's Harry Williams Award close today.

Blog searcher

The new Australian blog search engine Gnoos is now up and operating.

Schork awards close

Entries for the 2006 Kurt Schork Awards for International Journalism close today.

Free handbooks

Journalists interested in improving their coverage of war crimes or politics can download two new handbooks, free of charge, from the Africa program of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting

(IWPR).

Lyneham award closes

Application for the Paul Lyneham Award for excellent in press gallery journalism close today. Application form and conditions here.

NSW Fair Trading awards

Nominations for the 2006 Fair Trading Journalism Awards ae now open and can be made on line at www.fairtradingawards.nsw.gov.au

Innovation Journalism

Papers and proceedings of the The Third Conference on Innovation Journalism at Stanford University, April 5-7, 2006 will be published on the website soon. In the meantime there is a very interesting two hour streaming video of a group of conference experts discussing the future of journalism and news publishing available free on Google Video. It is well worth a view for those with the time.

The May 2006 edition of the journal Media International Australia no 119 is now out. Contents and abstracts here and ordering information here.

Vic legal reporting awards

The Victorian Legal Reporting Awards were announced last night.

SLSQ media awards results

Surf Life Saving Queensland Media Awards announced tonight.

Tasmania media awards

The winners of the Tasmanian Media Awards were announced in Hobart last night.

SA media awards

The South Australia Media Awards were announced by the MEAA in Adelaide last night. Winners are:
Print News Report, Jeremy Roberts & Michelle Wiese Bockmann, The Australian
Print News Feature, Leisha Petrys, Sunday Mail & Roy Eccleston, The Australian
Print Lifestyle Feature, Elissa Doherty, Sunday Mail
Three Headings, Lawrie McCauley, News Limited
Page Layout, Shaun Hollis, Messenger Newspapers
Print Journalist, Roy Eccleston, The Australian (Silver Award)
News Photo, Ivon Perrin, Freelance
Sports Photo, Cameron Richardson, The Advertiser
Feature Photo, Grant Nowell, The Advertiser
Photographer, Brenton Edwards, The Advertiser (Silver Award)
Radio News Reporting, Simon Royal, Daniela Ritorto, Lachlan Parker, ABC
Radio Current Affairs Report, Tim Jeanes, ABC
Radio Feature, Andrew Costello, Austereo
Radio Broadcaster, Nance Haxton, ABC (Silver Award)
TV News Report, Jessica Adamson, Channel Seven
TV Current Affairs Report, Angelique Johnson & Ian Henschke, ABC
TV Feature, Network Ten, Abyss Productions and AusAid
TV News or Current Affairs Camera, Paul Martino, Channel Seven
TV Broadcaster, Krista Eleftheriou, ABC (Silver Award)
News Artwork, Peter MacMullin, The Advertiser
Feature Artwork, Ray Hirst, The Advertiser
Coverage of Suburban Affairs, Kara Phillips, Messenger Newspapers
Coverage of Rural/Regional Affairs, Tim Jeanes, ABC
Coverage of Social Equity Affairs, Ric Teague, Network Ten
Coverage of Sport, Richard Earle, The Advertiser
Public Relations Campaign – High Commendation – Rebecca Tape, communikate et al
Freelance Contribution, Max Anderson published in SA Life magazine
Journalism Student, Katherine Yeo (Silver Award)
Media Hall of Fame, Des Colquhoun (Gold Award)
Journalist of the Year, Jessica Adamson, Channel Seven (Gold Award)

Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards

Today's the last day for these annual international awards for aviation writers and broadcasters.

Orwells close

Nominations for the MEAA's Orwell Awards close today.

AIIA Awards announced

The Australian Internet Industry Association awards winners have been announced here.

Freelance convention Melbourne

MEAA's 9th Annual Freelance Convention is on in Melbourne 7-9 April 2006.

New story source

Mochila - the Media Marketplace starts working this weekend. It is a new idea in buying and selling stories for newspapers, magazines and websites using a website to do the exchange. Well worth a look.

Oncology award

The Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) is calling for nominations from journalists with a commitment to high quality cancer reporting for its Luminous Award Australia 2006. There are two categories - print and broadcast - each worth $5,000 and the winner and highly commended entrants are nominated for the global competition.

iAwards 2006 nominations close

The Australian Information Industry Association iAwards close today. Finalists will be announced in 2 March and winners on 7 April 2006.

Press Council lunch

The Australian Aress Council 2006 Annual Address with AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty is on in Sydney 12.30-2.30 pm today. Tickets are still available.

.au web awards

Netguide magazine has published its 2005 Netguide Web Awards with winners and Highly Commended named here.

Media changes paper

A pdf of the full paper Meeting the Digital Challenge: Reforming Australia’s Media in the Digital Age is available from the department site at http://www.dcita.gov.au/broad/media_reform_options.

Public Right to Know conference

ACIJ's 2006 Public Right To Know conference is this weekend 11 & 12 March at University of Technology, Sydney.

ASTRA conference

The ASTRA (Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association) seventh annual conference starts tomorrow Thursday, March 9 at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.

iAwards finalists

The iAwards 2006 finalists announced.

Quill awards

Winners of the 2005 Quill Awards will announced in Melbourne tonight.

The winner of the 2005 Sensis Award for Student Journalism was Kate Stowell for her article 'A Democracy of Convenience' which was published in Eureka Street in January 2005 while Kate was studying at RMIT

Bar awards

Entries for the NSW Bar Association Media Awards entries close tomorrow, Wednesday 1 March 2006.

Churchill Fellowships close

Applications for Churchill Fellowships close today, Tuesday 28 February 2006.

Libraries Australia online

Online access to the combined catalogues of all the major libraries in Australia is now up and working. It is called Libraries Australia and is accessed through the National Library of Australia site. A few searches for material known to exist shows that the service throws up most of the hits at major libraries, with a few surprises at less well known libraries. It is certainly quicker than searching individual library catalogues.

MIA 118 out

The journal Media International Australia February 2006 issue (no 118) with the theme Creativity and Practice-led Research has been published and is being posted to subscribers.

iAwards 2006 close

The Australian Information Industry Association iAwards close today. Finalists will be announced 2 March and winners 7 April 2006.

Kurt Schork Awards

Entries for the 2006 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism are now open. Australian freelancers in print journalism can enter for one of the $10,000 awards. The deadline for entries is 1 June 2006

Photo winners named

Winners of the World Press Photo Award will be announced today.

Business reporting awards

Citigroup Journalism Awards for excellence in business reporting - entries close today.

German internships

Deutsche Welle (Germany’s ABC/BBC) has two internships for radio journalists in Bonn in its English language department and one in the Online Service. The internships are for six months, are salaried, and DW pays return airfares. Entries close on Friday 10 February 2006.

Convergence book

Australian journalist Stephen Quinn’s new book The Convergent Journalism Handbook: Writing and Producing Across Media (Boston, Focal Press, 2005 ISBN 0 240 8072 3 AUD 70.00) is now available. It’s a practical and up-to-date guide for reporters and subs working in a multimedia newsroom.

Sports broadcasters book

Also concentrating on convergence is the new edition of Bradley Schultz’s Sports Media: Reporting, Producing and Planning (Boston, Focal Press, 2005, ISBN 0 240 80731 6 AUD 54.00). It’s the only text I know on sports broadcasting and reporting.

Quill awards close

Entries for the Melbourne Press Club's Quill Awards and Young Journalist of the Year close today.

Osteoporosis awards

Entries for the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) 2005 Journalism Awards close tomorrow 31 January 2006. Winners of the top two of the 20 prizes get USD 5,000 plus an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto.

Media Report resumes

The Media Report proper resumes tomorrow at 8.30 am on ABC Radio National with a look at how the media treated Kerry Packer's demise. You can listen to it live over the web here and the podcast/MP3 audio and transcripts are available very quickly after broadcast.

Net book

UNESCO has just published Net for Journalists: a practical guide to the internet for journalists in developing countries by UK journalist Martin Huckerby. It is 141 pages of good, practical, basic advice and is a free download from here.

Photo sales online

Snitcher Desk is a new place to sell you cameraphone newsworthy shots online. Two others are Scoopt and Spy Media. Lulop handles sales of video footage online. Scoopt is based in the UK and the rest in the USA.

International awards for women journalists

The International Women’s Media Foundation is seeking nominations from around the world for its 2006 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations close on 15 March 2006 and the results are announed in May.

Words & Images Award

An interesting new journalism award organised by Commonwealth Press Union to celebrate and fuse the crafts of writing and photojournalism is now open for entries. The theme for the competition is 'the forgotten commonwealth' and details are here. It is backed by Rolls-Royce and closes on 30 April 2006.

World press photo award

Entries for the 49TH World Press Photo Award close tomorrow. Winner announced on 10 February 2006.

Press freedom report

The MEAA is looking for input for its 2006 Press Freedom Report. Submissions must be in by the end of February 2006. The inaugural 2005 Press Freedom Report can be downloaded here.

New US journalism program

The US State Department has started a new program for up to 100 journalists a year to visit and study in the USA. It is called the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program is specifically for journalists, and entries are open with the first takers expected in the USA in April.

Media Report

The Media Report - the last for the year - reviewed 2005 and looked ahead to 2006 with some interesting comments by Mark Day and Chris Nash. Transcript and audio download are up. During the next few weeks Media Report will be replaying some of the highlight programs of 2005. The Media Report proper resumes on Thursday 26 January 2006.

Melbourne lecture

Premier of Queensland Peter Beattie presents the University of Melbourne AN Smith Memorial Lecture in Journalism Power Without Responsibility - Who Guards the Guardians? at the University of Melbourne at 6 pm this evening. Mr Beattie will discuss whether the principles of freedom of information should be extended to journalists, so that the media can be held to the same tests of honesty as other public institutions. The lecture is free and open to the public but bookings are required.

16/12/2005 The full text and an audio recording are now available.

WPI fellowships

Applications for the World Press Institute Fellowships close at the end of the month, 31 December 2005. This program is for mid-career journalists and is a four month trip to and around the United States.

Telstra Rural Media Awards (SA)

Winners of these state awards will be named at a Rural Media Association of South Australia lunch in Adelaide today.

Human rights awards

Winners of HREOC’s Human Rights Medal and Awards which includes awards for print, radio and TV reporting, will be announced at a luncheon in Sydney today.
The winners are listed here.

Walkley magazine

Issue 36 the December 2005/January 2006 edition of the Walkley Magazine is out. It is available for $9.95 from MEAA offices. This one has the full details, with pictures, of the Walkley Award winners, and some articles on food and wine reporting.

Law seminar

Yesterday and today Law Update, a two day seminar at Bond University on the Gold Coast presented by journalism Professor Mark Pearson author of The Journalist’s Guide to Media Law.

Photo Contest

Entries for the 2006 World Press Photo Contest are open now and close on 12 January. The best single photo and the best series of photos in 10 categories receive Golden Eye Awards, and prizes of $2,300 plus a trip to Amsterdam. From these the jury selects a single World Press Photo of the Year that wins $15,600. Australians do well in this contest.

Ossie Awards

Te Waha Nui New Zealand's Auckland University of Technology journalism newspaper, has won this year's Ossie Award for best student publication (any medium) in Australia, NZ and the Pacific. The newspaper was edited this semester by Nicholas Moody and the course is led by AUT's David Robie and Allan Lee.

Other awards announced at the JEA conference on the Gold Coast last night:

Best print news story: Phil Han (University of Technology, Sydney)
Best radio news story: Sophie Gyles (UTS)
Best TV news story: Jonathan Peeris and Saane Neilsen (RMIT)
Best print feature (undergraduate): Michael Atkin (UTS)
Best print feature (postgraduate): David Swift (Macleay College)
Best photojournalism: Christina Hermanstad (UTS)
Best radio current affairs (undergraduate): Divine Word University (PNG)
Best TV current affairs (undergraduate): Barry Hartono and Daniel Gerich (Griffith University)
Best broadcast current affairs (postgraduate): Barnaby Howarth (UTS)
Best story by an international student: Laura Tenret (University of Western Sydney)
Hunter Institute Response Ability Prize: Melanie Lees (University of Western Sydney)

Digital Media Festival

The Digital Media Festival - exhibition and conference - is on at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre today 6 - 8 December 2005. AVID is showing some of its HDV news systems at the Exhibition, and at the Conference the SMH’s Tim Clayton is speaking about photo journalism in the digital age at noon tomorrow.

Bell Awards

The Australian Business and Specialist Publishers Bell Awards came out last week. The full list of winners and runners up is in the latest edition of Publisher available online here.
Awards of particular interest include -

• Magazine of the Year Universal Magazine’s Dirt Action.

Awards to journalists were -

• Editor of the Year Wilson da Silva of Cosmos.
• Writer of the Year Robert Drane of Australian Doctor.
• Best Newcomer to Journalism Erin Carter of Melbourne Wedding & Bride.
• Best Editorial Issues Campaign Kate Gibbs of Lawyers Weekly.
• Best Opinion Segment Series Dr Kerri Parnell of Australian Doctor.
• Best Single Article Emma Young of New Scientist.
• Best Analytical Writing Deb Richards of Medical Observer Weekly.

Human Rights Awards finalists

HREOC has published the list of finalists for the 2005 Human Rights Awards. The winners will be announced on Friday.

IFJ meeting

The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists meets in Sydney today and tomorrow, hosted by MEAA and IFJ Asia-Pacific.