2018 Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award Recipients

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Iam pleased to announce that Australian journalist Andrew Greene and Indonesianjournalist Tri Joko Her Riadi are the recipients of the prestigious 2018Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award.

Theaward will support Mr Greene and Mr Riadi to spend two weeks in Indonesia andAustralia respectively to deepen their understanding of contemporary issues ineach country through engagements with leading government, business, industryand community figures.

MrGreene is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's defence correspondent andMr Riadi is a journalist focused on education and literacy issues with thePikiran Rakyat Newspaper, based in Bandung, Indonesia.

TheElizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award commemorates the distinguished career ofElizabeth O'Neill OAM, who died in the service of the Department of ForeignAffairs and Trade in Indonesia on 7 March 2007.

TheAward is open to high-achieving journalists from print, radio, television andonline media organisations, and builds on the tireless work of Ms O'Neill tofoster mutual understanding of Australia and Indonesia through accurate andinformed media coverage.

TheElizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award is sponsored by the Australian Governmentthrough the Australia-Indonesia Institute.

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