Greste wins journalism award while in jail

JAILED Al Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste has won Australia's Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism award at the Walkleys in Sydney.

GRESTE was jailed in Egypt in June, together with colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, for between seven and 10 years after being convicted of supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group and spreading false news.

Judges decided to honour his journalism and his "defiant defence of its universal purpose" to report truthfully to inform the public, the Walkley Foundation says on its website.The Gold Walkley was presented to Fairfax Media's Adele Ferguson, alongside ABC collaborators Deb Masters and Mario Christodoulo, for their expose of financial planning scandals at the Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie Group.The Scoop of the Year went to Michael Brissenden, Ewen MacAskill and Lenore Taylor from ABC News and Guardian Australia for the news that Australia had spied on, or attempted to spy on Indonesia's then president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and other members of his inner circle in 2009.The News Photography award went to News Corp Australia's Brendan Beirne for his shot of casino mogul James Packer and his friend David Gyngell grappling in the street, while a photo of the All Blacks performing the Haka to a near-empty stadium in the rain following their 2014 win in the Hong Kong Sevens won Cameron Spencer from Getty Images the Sports Photography prize.Andrew Quilty was awarded Nikon Walkley Press Photographer of the Year and Nikon Walkley Photo of the Year.

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