Fox, Spicer nominated for Walkley’s Women’s Leadership in Media Award

Monday, 5 June 2017 Books+Publishing

Catherine Fox and Tracey Spicer have been selected as finalists for the Walkley Foundation’s Women’s Leadership in Media Award.

Fox was cited for her nonfiction book Stop Fixing Women (NewSouth), as well as articles for the ABC and the Australian.

Spicer was cited for her nonfiction book The Good Girl Stripped Bare (HarperCollins), as well as articles for the Sydney Morning Herald and Women in Media.

To see the full list of finalists, click here.

The winner will be announced at the Walkley Mid-Year Awards Celebration in Sydney on 26 July.

As previously reported by Books+Publishing, last year author and freelance journalist Jess Hill won the inaugural Women’s Leadership in Media Award for her long-form reporting on domestic violence.

The Women’s Leadership in Media Award ‘recognises outstanding journalistic contribution to the coverage of gender equality and full participation of women in society’. For more information, click here.

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