The Our Watch Award for excellence in reporting on violence against women and children improves the quality of reporting on by building awareness of gender inequality as a key driver of this violence. 

Our Watch has been recognising and rewarding excellence in reporting on violence against women and children since 2013, initially through the Our Watch Awards which were administered by the Walkley Foundation. From 2019 onwards the Our Watch Award will be presented as a part of the Walkley Mid-Year Celebration. 

Sarah Dingle and the Background Briefing Team, Radio National, ABC, ‘Australia On Trial: Carers who kill, Slavery in the suburbs, Murder on Trial‘

Finalists: Carla Hildebrandt, Mandurah Mail, ”Heartbreaking and frustrating’: Investigation into Peel domestic violence’ and Lisa Martin, The Guardian, ‘Navy shame’.

See all the winners of the Walkley Mid-Year Celebration here.

See the list of winners at the 2018 Our Watch Awards.

See the list of winners at the 2017 Our Watch Awards.

See the list of winners at the 2016 Our Watch Awards.

See the list of winners at the 2015 Our Watch Awards.

Visit the Walkley Foundation website for more information on the Award, including how to apply and winners from previous years.