Territory journalists win at Walkley Awards

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November 28, 2011 15:42:29

A Northern Territory journalist and a photo-journalist have been recognised for their work at Australia’s premier journalism awards last night.

ABC reporter Katrina Bolton won a Walkley Award for best radio feature for her story on alcohol problems in Central Australia.

The Age’s photo-journalist Glenn Campbell won a Walkley for his photographic essay “Stolen Spirits”, which depicts the return of Aboriginal skeletal remains from the US to Arnhem Land.

The author of a book about the Central Australian Indigenous community of Papunya also won a Walkley.

The Age newspaper journalist Russel Skelton won for his book, King Brown Country.

He says he wrote the book because people should be aware of the problems in remote communities.

“There were so many people who spoke to me about this book and informed my views,” Skelton said.

“So many people from Papunya, so many people who had worked there, lived there and I really need to acknowledge them and thank them for taking me on that journey.

“I can’t mention them by name because they wouldn’t thank me for that but I think these sort of stories are important to be told.”

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