Celebrating Our Standout Team

Good journalists are generally well-paid, have stimulating jobs, and don't need the lure of prizes to motivate them to excel. But peer recognition in this highly competitive game is always welcome - and should be celebrated. Last week, this magazine's Editor at Large, Tom Dusevic, was honored at the Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prizes. He won the all-media Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique category for three pieces in the areas of politics, economics and diplomacy, including a major story on former Labor leader Mark Latham in the run-up to last year's federal election (" Latham's Ladder ," October 4, 2004)....