JOURNALISM 

 

• Winner - Higher Education Journalist of the Year: Wilson da Silva for "The Good Earth" in Australian Geographic  | Universities Australia and the National Press Club of Australia 2020

• Winner - Human Rights Media Award: Wilson da Silva for “The Politics of the Prize” in The Australian Financial Review Magazine  | Australian Human Rights Awards 1997

• Winner - George Munster Award for Freelance Journalism: Wilson da Silva for “A Massacre They Want Us to Forget” and “Witnesses to Testify on East Timor Killing” in The Age ; and “Probe Into Killing of Journalists in Timor Nets Witnesses” inThe American Reporter  | Australian Centre for Independent Journalism 1996

• Winner - Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism: Wilson da Silva for “Welcome to the Online Frontline” and “Virus Invasion Breaches New Frontiers” and “Overload – How Too Much Information Can Kill” in The Age  | Federal Minister for Science & Technology 1996

• Winner - Single Article of the Year: Wilson da Silva for “The Quantum Gamble” in Ingenuity Magazine  | Publish Awards 2017

• Winner - Excellence in Biotechnology Journalism Award: Wilson da Silva for “Outbreak Outback” in 21C Magazine  | Amgen Awards 1996

• Winner - Editor of the Year: Wilson da Silva for COSMOS | Bell Magazine Awards 2006

• Winner - Editor of the Year: Wilson da Silva for COSMOS | Bell Magazine Awards 2005

• Winner - Highly Commended, Editor of the Year: Wilson da Silva for COSMOS | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards 2010

• Winner - Best Opinion Series: Wilson da Silva for three opinion pieces in COSMOS: “The Fall of New Orleans⁠”, “Year of Wonders⁠” and
  “A Climate of Change⁠” | Bell Magazine Awards 2006

• Winner - Highly Commended, Human Rights Media Award: Wilson da Silva for “Witnesses to testify in E Timor killing”, The Age ; “We saw journalist shot: Timorese men”, The Canberra Times ; “Probe Into Killing of Journalists in Timor Nets Witnesses”, The American Reporter  | Australian Human Rights Awards 1996

• Winner - RACI Journalism Award: Wilson da Silva for “Ceramic Fuel Cells Promise Cheaper, Cleaner Power” in Reuters | Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992

• Finalist - Journalist of the Year: Wilson da Silva for “The Good Earth” and “Back to the Moon” in Australian Geographic ; plus "Australia’s Narrow Victory” in Australian University Science  | Publish Awards 2020

• Finalist - Best Technology Issues Journalist: Wilson da Silva for “Power Shift” in COSMOS; plus "Warfare Gets the Quantum Edge" and "AI Stands at the Front Line of the Cyber War" in The Australian  | Australian  IT Journalism Awards 2020

• Finalist - Eureka Prize for Long-Form Science Journalism: Wilson da Silva for “Power Shift” in COSMOS | Australian Museum 2019

• Finalist - Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing: Wilson da Silva for “Gateway to Heaven” in COSMOS | UNSW Press 2012

• Finalist - Eureka Prize for Science Journalism: Wilson da Silva for “The Day the Sky Fell In” in Newton | Australian Museum 2002

• Finalist - Best Magazine Feature: Wilson da Silva for “The Plague Bomb” in The Australian Financial Review Magazine  | Australian Society of Magazine Editors 1996

• Finalist - Best Magazine Feature: Wilson da Silva for “Birth of a Rebel” in HQ Magazine  | Australian Society of Magazine Editors 1996

• Finalist - Best Opinion Series: Wilson da Silva for three opinion pieces in COSMOS: “Being Human”, “The Facts of Life” and “Eternal Frontier” | Bell Magazine Awards 2007