The winners of the 2009 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced in Sydney on November 27 and images from the finalists in the five photographic categories will tour to Brisbane, Newcastle and Perth in 2010.

With emotive, celebratory and evocative images of daily life, sports and spot news both in Australia and around the world; photographs depicted an array of events and topics from Victoria’s terrible bushfires to the glory of the Olympic Games and the loss and pain in refuge camps in Congo.

The Nikon sponsored awards include daily life, sport, news, photographic essay and the coveted award for Press Photographer of the Year. This went to Renee Nowytarger from The Australia for her body of work that features an exhausted Malcolm Turnbull.

Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the year:
Renee Nowytarger, The Australian

Daily Life / Feature Photography:
Kirk Gilmour, Illawarra Mercury & The Sydney Morning Herald: Batten Down the Boogie Boards

Sport Photography:
Phil Hillyard, The Daily Telegraph: Sports Light

News Photography:
Justin McManus, The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald: Black Saturday Body

Photographic Essay:
Jason South, The Age: Papua Birth

The Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Exhibition will tour to places around Australia on the following dates:

BRISBANE: February 2 – 28, 2010
Brisbane Powerhouse
119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD

FOTOFREO: March 20 – April 18, 2010
Western Australian Perth Museum
Perth Cultural Centre, James St, Perth, WA

NEWCASTLE: May 7 – June 19, 2010
Newcastle Region Library
Laman St Newcastle, NSW

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