KENNEDY AWARDS SUPERVISING JUDGING PANEL

To underline the commitment of the Kennedy Foundation to transparent, ethical, and good governance practice the Foundation Board has announced the creation of an expert panel to supervise the judging of our annual awards for outstanding journalism.

We are honoured to have three experienced and outstanding practitioners join us. They are:

  • …is an award-winning journalist for her reporting on the Meja massacre in Kosovo who has had an extensive career in print and radio journalism. Linda has also campaigned on issues around freedom of speech and women’s affairs.

    Five years with the national parliamentary press gallery initially as political reporter with Sydney commercial radio station 2WS, then the Daily Telegraph and finally with the ABC.
    ABC foreign correspondent reporting from the Middle East and Russia.
    ABC correspondent for Radio Australia reporting from across Asia And the Pacific
    Former editorial policies manager and training for the ABC
    Host of ‘Mornings’ on 702, ABC Sydney. Presenter, ‘PM’ and Saturday ‘AM’, ABC Radio.

  • Professor AJ Brown (AM) has had an illustrious career over 30 years leading on issues such as integrity, governance, transparency, gender equality and whistleblower protection.

    Professor in public policy and law in the School of Government & International Relations at Griffith University.
    Co-leader of the Centre for Governance & Public Policy’s integrity, leadership and public trust program.
    Chair of Transparency International Australia, the world anti-corruption organisation
    A senior investigator for the Commonwealth Ombudsman and Associate to Justice G E Tony Fitzgerald AC KC.
    He currently leads a $1.2 million Australian Research Council Discovery project on public trust, mistrust and distrust.
    Past President of the Australian Political Studies Association (2017-18).
    A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
    A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
    In 2023, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the law and public policy, particularly through whistleblower protectio

  • Allan Hogan has had a long career at the top of some of the best journalism outlets in the country. He reported from the Vietnam War and was the only Australian journalist to interview the notorious, Idi Amin.

    Founding reporter for the ABC Radio program AM.
    Producer and reporter on the ABC's This Day Tonight and Four Corners.
    Founding executive producer of the Nine's Sunday program.
    Executive producer of SBS' Insight and supervising producer on SBS' Dateline
    Script Editor, Enough Rope with Andrew Denton.

The 2025 Kennedy Awards Judges

The Kennedy Foundation thanks each of our judges for the generous time and professional diligence they contributed to this important process.

  • Kevin Airs - Daily Mail Australia

  • Vic Alhadeff OAM - SBS

  • Kate Allman - Freelance 

  • Monica Attard - UTS

  • Josh Bavas - Nine News 

  • Michael Best Nine News 

  • Sarah Blake - News Corp

  • Paul Bousfield  

  • Dave Braithwaite - Nine Publishing 

  • Clarissa Cavalheiro  

  • Deb Clay - Freelance 

  • Jennifer Cooke - Australian Pharmacist 

  • Mex Cooper - The Age 

  • Deborah Cornwall - Freelance 

  • Pip  Courtney - ABC

  • Robert Craddock - News Corp 

  • Danielle  Cronin - ABC

  • Mike Dalton - Nine News 

  • Lindsay Day - Freelance 

  • Kate De Brito - KD Media 

  • Anabel Dean - Freelance 

  • Mathew Dunckley - The Age 

  • Rocco Fazzari - Freelance 

  • Kat Feeney - ABC

  • Emma Garlett - Garlett Group

  • Peter George - ndependent For Franklin

  • Peggy Giakoumelos - SBS

  • Tom Godfrey - Bell George Communications 

  • Russell Gould - News Corp

  • Craig Greenhill - Salty Dingo

  • Rashell Habib - Network 10

  • David Hardaker - thepolitics.com.au

  • Lanneke Hargreaves SBS

  • Ben Hawke - Freelance 

  • Stewart Hawkins - Forbes Australia

  • Felicity Hetherington - Daily Mail Australia

  • Toni Hetherington - ABC

  • Paul Horan - Slightly Uncomfortable Productions 

  • Julieanne Horsman  

  • Jack Houghton - Sky News 

  • Stephanie Hunt - Sky News 

  • Dan Ilic - A Rational Fear 

  • Anita Jacoby AM  

  • Eric Johnston - The Australian

  • Yvette Kelly - Daily Mail Australia

  • Tracey Kirkland - ABC

  • Andy Kollmorgen - Choice Magazine 

  • Ray Kuka -Seven Network 

  • Stella Lauri - Win News 

  • Sylvie Le Clezio - Freelance 

  • Tim Love - Sky News 

  • Ann Loveday - Money Magazine 

  • John Lyons - ABC

  • Steve Marshall - Nine News 

  • Philippa McDonald - Freelance 

  • Luke McIlveen - Nine Publishing 

  • Michael McKenna  The Australian

  • Philip McLean - Mediality Racing

  • Duncan McNab - Freelance 

  • Caro Meldrum-Hanna - Freelance 

  • Larry  Meltzer - Melt Media 

  • Christine Middap - The Australian

  • David Mills - Australian Financial Review 

  • Mark Morri - News Corp

  • Jason Morriison 

  • Simon Nasht - Freelance 

  • Margot O'Neil - Original Thinking Productions 

  • Rachael Oakes-Ash - Freelance 

  • Natalie O'Brien -The Nightly 

  • Uma Patel  Google 

  • Aaron Patrick - The Nightly 

  • Michael Pelly - Capital Brief 

  • Jodan Perry - SBS/NITV

  • Craig Platt - Sydney Morning Herald 

  • Amber Plumb - The Australian

  • Andrew Psarianos - Picture Perfect Productions

  • Jo Puccini - ABC

  • Chris Reason - Seven Network 

  • Stephen Rice - The Australian

  • Hugh Riminton - Network 10

  • Louise Roberts - Sky News 

  • Simone Roberts - News Corp

  • Josh Robertson - ABC

  • Lisa Ryan -ABC

  • Rhys Sain - Sky News

  • Lillian Saleh - News Corp

  • Scott Sanbrook - Freelance 

  • Alison Sandy - Seven Network 

  • Ross Scheepers - SBS

  • Kirrily Schwarz  - News Corp

  • Stefanie Sgroi - Nine News 

  • Bevan Shields - Sydney Morning Herald 

  • Linda Silmalis - News Corp

  • Ginny Stein - Freelance 

  • Michelle Stephenson - Nova Entertainment 

  • Tiania Stevens  - Sydney University 

  • Christian Stokes - Sydney Morning Herald 

  • Joel Supple - SBS

  • Simone Sutcliffe - SBS

  • Greg Thomson - News Corp

  • Michael Usher - Seven Network 

  • Saba Vasefi - Sydney University 

  • Kerry Warren - News Corp 

  • Martin White - Network 10

  • Paul Whittaker - Sky News 

  • Mandi Wicks - SBS