MPC is a not-for-profit association of journalists.[1]
As of 2016[update]ABC reporter Ashlynne McGhee was president.[2]
Awards and eventsedit
The Melbourne Press Club provides awards in the State of Victoria for outstanding journalism, presenting the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorianjournalism.[3]
MPC co-hosts the annual Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award, named after a celebrated Australian journalist, and presents the annual Grant Hattam Award, in honour of the leading media lawyer who died suddenly in 1998 from cancer.
Since 2011 MPC has hosted 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".[4]
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.[5][6]
Referencesedit
^Ricketson, Matthew (8 September 2007). "See-through news". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
^"The Board". Melbourne Press Club. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^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.
^Media Hall of Fame, melbournepressclub.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ABC (2007). (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
^John Howard (2007). . Prime Minister of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
External sourcesedit
Official website
About the Australian Media Hall of Fame
January 01, 1970
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