Journalist Richard Guilliatt resigns from Walkley awards board after critic wins reporting prize
Summary
Journalist Richard Guilliatt resigned from the Walkley awards judging board after the Walkley Foundation rejected complaints about his podcast and then gave an award to journalist Nina Funnell, whose reporting was critical of him. Funnell won the prize for articles about a sexual assault survivor whose abuse case was questioned by Guilliatt’s podcast.Key Facts
- Richard Guilliatt stepped down from the Walkley awards judging board in June 2024.
- The Walkley Foundation dismissed complaints against Guilliatt’s podcast titled "Shadow of Doubt."
- Nina Funnell won a mid-year Walkley prize for her reporting on a sexual assault survivor abused for 14 years by her parents.
- Funnell’s articles accused Guilliatt’s podcast of causing distress by interviewing the survivor’s jailed parents and suggesting the abuse case might be wrong.
- The podcast questioned the guilty verdict and the handling of the survivor’s mental health and the police investigation.
- Guilliatt defended his work but resigned because he disagreed with the prize given to critical reporting about him.
- The survivor said her privacy was violated when her counseling records were accessed for the podcast.
- The Australian newspaper defended accessing the survivor’s records as important for public interest journalism.
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