As mentioned in another thread, Peter Donegan for on-air journalism and a pleasing sense of re-addressing the anti-Collingwood bias. 
Emma Quayle for no-nonsense, well-informed and a particularly engaging style of writing.
Jake Niall for his unwavering sense of right and wrong, and consistently neutral approach. As a pure journalist I think he heads the team. Greg Baum not far behind.
As much as I agree with Martin Flanagan being an excellent writer, I'm not sure I class his 'opinion' pieces as pure journalism. He paints with a much blurrier but colourful stroke and tends to rely on his point-of-view rather than the facts. Still happily lose myself in one of his pieces for 10-15 minutes, though.
Robbo gets the donkey because he seems to think he gets paid by the word (although not by the syllable).
Wallsy can actually speak sense on-air but tends to rely on a nostalgic point of view when writing his pieces in The Age and they end up full of platitudes and the kind of aerated spleen that would be best suited to demolishing little pigs' houses.
Sam Lane has the ability but writes inconsistently in her approach. Sometimes there's great insight and a succinct tone, but just as often she tends to stray from the opportunity of a story and simply parrot the facts. Bordering on lazy. She could do worse than to have Greg Baum sub-edit her stories as a favour.
Rohan Connolly gets my onya mate award for having the ability to be classy and everyman all at the same time. Again, not afraid to call a heavy garden implement by it's given name. And he tips as badly as I do
Cameron Noakes - the kid at school who always made up his own jokes and tried to convince everyone they were funny by repeating ad nauseum.
Emma Quayle for no-nonsense, well-informed and a particularly engaging style of writing.
Jake Niall for his unwavering sense of right and wrong, and consistently neutral approach. As a pure journalist I think he heads the team. Greg Baum not far behind.
As much as I agree with Martin Flanagan being an excellent writer, I'm not sure I class his 'opinion' pieces as pure journalism. He paints with a much blurrier but colourful stroke and tends to rely on his point-of-view rather than the facts. Still happily lose myself in one of his pieces for 10-15 minutes, though.
Robbo gets the donkey because he seems to think he gets paid by the word (although not by the syllable).
Wallsy can actually speak sense on-air but tends to rely on a nostalgic point of view when writing his pieces in The Age and they end up full of platitudes and the kind of aerated spleen that would be best suited to demolishing little pigs' houses.
Sam Lane has the ability but writes inconsistently in her approach. Sometimes there's great insight and a succinct tone, but just as often she tends to stray from the opportunity of a story and simply parrot the facts. Bordering on lazy. She could do worse than to have Greg Baum sub-edit her stories as a favour.
Rohan Connolly gets my onya mate award for having the ability to be classy and everyman all at the same time. Again, not afraid to call a heavy garden implement by it's given name. And he tips as badly as I do
Cameron Noakes - the kid at school who always made up his own jokes and tried to convince everyone they were funny by repeating ad nauseum.
