A journalist who was arrested after asking the Malaysian prime minister about a billion-dollar corruption scandal is among the nominees for the Australian Journalist of the Year Award.
ABC reporter Linton Besser and cameraman Louie Eroglu were detained for about six hours after they attempted to question Prime Minister Najib Razak in March 2016.
The Melbourne Press Club on Wednesday announced the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award nominees also included Dan Box (The Australian) for his reporting on the Bowraville murders, Adele Ferguson (The Age) for coverage of the CommInsure scandal and Caro Meldrum-Hanna (ABC) for her coverage of the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre.
