Canberra Times photojournalist Dion Georgopoulos has been recognised for his efforts in recording human interest stories during lockdown.
Georgopoulos, 26, is a finalist in the John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, which are part of the Walkley Foundation’s mid-year celebration of journalism.
The award category recognises the outstanding efforts of journalists aged 28 or younger includes peer-judged and selected works on the basis of journalistic excellence and originality.
Walkley Foundation CEO Shona Martyn said the standard of entries was incredibly impressive. Stories on the war in Ukraine, Afghanistan and the fall out from the pandemic were each the subject of many entries.
Georgopoulos is a finalist in the visual storytelling category for his work creating The Canberra Times Lockdown Hotline, allowing people to record their feelings and observations during the COVID lockdown.
He curated the voices each week and presented them in a video format online.
Georgopoulos said he was “super excited” to be a finalist, especially for a project that was about allowing people to honestly record their reactions to the lockdown.
“I’m really chuffed to be picked out of all the work that would have been submitted to the competition. It means a lot,” he said.
