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.
MPC is a not-for-profit association of journalists. [1]
As of 2024 [update] ABC reporter Ashlynne McGhee is president. [2]
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 [update] the Quill Awards has the following categories: [6]
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". [7] [8]
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. [9] [10]
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