Newcastle Herald journalist Matthew Kelly has been named as a finalist in the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism for his compassionate and compelling report on the life of Alwyn Craig.
Kelly was announced as a finalist in the Community and Regional Affairs category of the Walkley Awards for the story, which helped reunite Mr Craig, a Vietnam veteran who spent 30 years on Newcastle's streets, with his family. The story not only solved a decades-old Newcastle mystery, but exposed the heartbreaking reality of homelessness, giving a human face to those so often overlooked, or worse.
