2017 Quills: Coverage of an Issue or Event


A Fairfax Media & ABC Team have won the 2017 Coverage of an Issue or Event Quill for 'China's influence - power and payments', published by ABC Four Corners and The Age.

The winning work

Four Corners program 'Power and Influence': http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/power-and-influence-promo/8579844

Fairfax interactive feature: https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/chinas-operation-australia/hard-power.html

Fairfax story 'ALP takes 'illegal' tobacco donations from big Chinese cigarette importer': https://www.smh.com.au/national/alp-takes-illegal-tobacco-donations-from-big-chinese-cigarette-importer-20170729-gxlcw1.html


Other finalists

Barrie Cassidy, Chris Uhlmann, Kellie Mayo & Erdem Koc (ABC Insiders) for 'Donald Trump on the World Stage'
Patrick Durkin, Edmund Tadros, Joe Aston & Aaron Patrick (The Australian Financial Review) for 'CPA saga'
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker & Richard Willingham (The Age & ABC TV) for 'The Lobster with a Mobster scandal'

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