The Walkleys are Australia’s most prestigious journalism and media awards. The Walkley Foundation runs the awards and has a charter “to advance the interests of professional and ethical journalism”.

With preparations underway for its gala Walkley Awards ceremony in Melbourne on Thursday, The Walkley Foundation is already looking forward to next year and has engaged Melbourne-based digital agency, August to redevelop its website, with a stronger focus on web 2.0 and collaboration.

The new website, to be launched early 2009, will extend The Walkleys’ online capability to include streamlined online award submissions, as well building an online community to facilitate discussion between the Walkley Foundation members, judges, industry mentors, journalists and media professionals.

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