Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award
The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award, often known simply as the Graham Perkin Award, is one of Australia's pre-eminent prizes for journalism.
It was established and named in honour of Graham Perkin, who was editor of The Age from 1966 until his death in 1975. Administered by the Melbourne Press Club, the award carries a prize of $20,000.
Winners
- 1976 – Denis Butler
- 1977 – Robert Gottliebsen
- 1978 – Lenore Nicklin
- 1979 – Peter Rodgers
- 1980 – Ron Saw
- 1981 – Norman Aisbett and David Tanner
- 1982 – Peter Smark
- 1983 – Evan Whitton
- 1984 – Creighton Burns
- 1985 – Jack Waterford
- 1986 – Bruce Dover and Cameron Forbes
- 1987 – Terry McCrann
- 1988 – Michelle Grattan
- 1989 – Peter Ellingsen
- 1990 – Paul Kelly
- 1991 – Robert Haupt
- 1992 – Colleen Ryan
- 1993 – Les Carlyon
- 1994 – Kate Legge
- 1995 – Rowan Callick
- 1996 – Andrew Rule
- 1997 – Paul McGeough
- 1998 – Pamela Williams
- 1999 – John Lyons
- 2000 – Paul Toohey
- 2001 – Andrew Rule
- 2002 – John Spooner
- 2003 – Peter Wilson
- 2004 – Paul McGeough
- 2005 – Michael Gordon
- 2006 – Tony Koch
- 2007 – John Silvester
- 2008 – Cameron Stewart
- 2009 – Gary Hughes
- 2010 – Laurie Oakes
- 2011 – Neil Mitchell
- 2012 – Joanne McCarthy
- 2013 – Caroline Wilson
- 2014 – Chris Reason
- 2015 – Adele Ferguson
- 2016 – Caro Meldrum-Hanna
- 2017 – Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie
- 2018 – Anthony Dowsley
- 2019 – Anne Connolly
- 2020 – Nick McKenzie
- 2021 – Samantha Maiden
- 2022 – Hedley Thomas
- 2023 – Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros