Date Time ABC’s Mridula Amin is Young Australian Journalist of Year Mridula Amin is a reporter and photojournalist with ABC News. She has also worked with The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, SBS and VICE. She graduated from Macquarie University in 2018 with a Bachelors of Media/Bachelors of Law and is an admitted lawyer of the Supreme Court. ABC reporter and photojournalist Mridula Amin has been named Young Australian Journalist of the Year at the Walkleys Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism. The award recognises outstanding achievement by a reporter aged 28 and under. Amin, who is part of the NSW State news team and based in the ABC’s Western Sydney bureau, was awarded for her Background Briefing story “The hidden park of last resort“, which told the story of a community fighting for their homes inside one of Sydney’s last long-term caravan parks. The story also won the longform, feature or special category and Amin also won the category for visual storytelling.