Giving up a Lifetime of Crime: Ron Iddles with John Silvester

Watch video of Ron Iddles' '25 years of homicide investigation in 25 minutes'

2007 Perkin award winner John Silvester

Silvester channels Bogart: “That's the Press, baby!”

Veteran crime reporter John Silvester has challenged journalists to fight back against fake news by recommitting to the fundamentals of their craft  

How to write (good) and better with Andrew Rule

Andrew Rule tells big stories for a living. The end result is a decorated career – twice winner of the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, a Gold Quill, a Gold Walkley, a shelf full of books, from a bumper biography of a media tycoon (Kerry Stokes), to the story of a remarkable horse (Winx), and including a range of true crime books, many with John ‘Sly’ Silvester.

28th Quills: Podcasting

Richard Baker, Kate Cole-Adams, Julia Carr-Catzel and, Kyle Hopkins of The Age have won the 2022 Podcasting Quill for “The Confession”

28th Quill Awards – Finalists

The MPC is thrilled to announce the finalists for our 28th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.

2021 Quills: Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary

Martin McKenzie-Murray of the The Monthly has won the 2021 Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary.

2021 Quills: Podcasting

Genevieve Alison, Ashley Argoon, Andrea Thiis-Evensen, and Jon Burton of the Herald Sun have won the 2021 Podcasting Quill.

2021 Quill Award finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 2021 Quill Awards

2020 Quills: Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary

John Silvester of the The Age has won the 2020 Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary