The Melbourne Press Club (MPC), is a not-for-profit association of journalists in the city of Melbourne, Australia.

Governance

MPC is a not-for-profit association of journalists.[1]

As of 2016 ABC reporter Ashlynne McGhee was president.[2]

Awards and events

The Melbourne Press Club provides awards in the State of Victoria for outstanding journalism, presenting the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian journalism.[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]

References

  1. ^ Ricketson, Matthew (8 September 2007). "See-through news". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  2. ^ "The Board". Melbourne Press Club. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Media Hall of Fame, melbournepressclub.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. ^ ABC (2007). "Journalism 2007 Conference, hosted by the Melbourne Press Club - "A new transparency" by Paul Chadwick ABC Director Editorial Policies" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  6. ^ John Howard (2007). "Address to the Melbourne Press Club". Prime Minister of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

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