Anna K Verney

Walkely Award-winning journalist. Words in @TheGuardian, @TheMonthly, @TheDiplomat, @Island. Views my own.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

Thanks to everyone who supported this series. A gift to work with my colleague @rgcooke on our Monthly piece, with @mmccwill's investment of time & words in such solid investigative work. Grateful also for @stephharmon's editing in breaking the first stories at The Guardian.

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

Anna Verney & Richard Cooke (@rgcooke) @THEMONTHLY& @GuardianAus are the winners of the 2023 June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism Prize. #MidYearAwards. Congratulations!. Supported by @CopyrightAgency

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

You were so small in my hands
no shrapnel could hit you,
but the dust and smoke of the bomb
rushed into your lungs.
No need for any gauze.
They just closed your eyes.
No need for any shroud.
You were already
in your swaddle blanket.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@sendchampagne @mmccwill @rgcooke Thanks Annette!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

Some news from last night. Thank you to everyone who spoke to us and supported this story. Particular thanks to @mmccwill for his commissioning and editing and to my brilliant co-author @rgcooke.

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

The winners for Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words), supported by @withMEAA, are: Anna Verney (@akverney) and Richard Cooke (@rgcooke), @THEMONTHLY. #walkleys

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@lachbr @mmccwill @rgcooke Thanks so much Lachlan for your role in this.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@KieranPender @mmccwill @rgcooke Thanks so much Kieran!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@pjfmullins @mmccwill @rgcooke Thanks so much Patrick!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@mmccwill @rgcooke Thank you Michael: very grateful for your support for the story.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@pjfmullins @CopyrightAgency Congratulations, Patrick! Fascinating sounding project, too!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@alexandraphelan I’m so sorry to read this, Alex. Thinking of you and your family. Anna

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@CaruanaSteven @claire_loughnan Well done, Steven!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

Congratulations to my incredible cousin @jolauder and all the team that worked on Who’s Gonna Save Us: so well-deserved!

[Jo Lauder @jolauder]

Who’s Gonna Save Us has won best podcast for the Covering Climate Now awards! So proud of the team

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@Reaproy @dfat Thanks for speaking with me, Phil - your perspective was much appreciated.

[Phil Robertson @Reaproy]

Very spot on analysis about @dfat's failings on human rights in #Cambodia. Must reading for those following Australian foreign policy.

[Jared Genser @JaredGenser]

Thanks @akverney for the stellar news article in @TheDipomat about #Australia's muted response to #Cambodia's strong turn to autocracy as #HunSen works hard to hand over power to his son #HunMamet. #FreeThearySeng. https://t.co/0zsP4A7ePW

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@JaredGenser Thanks for speaking with me, Jared: your perspective was much appreciated.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

Thank you also @sstrangio for the commission and editing. A pleasure to work with you, especially as the author of "the" book on Hun Sen!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

I have a feature for The Diplomat looking at criticisms of and considerations behind Australia's muted response to Hun Sen's autocracy prior to Cambodia's election: https://t.co/kThNfXqA0s Thanks to all that spoke with me, incl. @Reaproy @JaredGenser @suecoffey21 @KTravouillon.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@marygarden @rgcooke Thanks and congratulations, Mary - I look forward to reading this.

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@urbanarama @rgcooke @mmccwill @stephharmon Thanks so much Claire!

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

Thanks to everyone who supported this series. A gift to work with my colleague @rgcooke on our Monthly piece, with @mmccwill's investment of time & words in such solid investigative work. Grateful also for @stephharmon's editing in breaking the first stories at The Guardian.

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

Anna Verney & Richard Cooke (@rgcooke) @THEMONTHLY& @GuardianAus are the winners of the 2023 June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism Prize. #MidYearAwards. Congratulations!. Supported by @CopyrightAgency

[Anna K Verney @akverney]

@marygarden @rgcooke @THEMONTHLY Thanks Mary!