Cameron Stewart (journalist)

{{Short description|Australian journalist}}

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Cameron Stewart is an Australian award-winning journalist and chief international correspondent at The Australian.{{cite web|url=https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/outlook/speakers/speaker-profiles/cameron-stewart|access-date=12 March 2025|title=Mr. Cameron Stewart|publisher=Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research}}

Stewart reported in 2016 on a leak of documents containing technical and design information of the Scorpène-class submarine.{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/leaked-scorpene-material-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-claims-whistleblower/story-eFeTGcf9gbrMoE7GE6AgGK.html|access-date=12 March 2025|title=Leaked Scorpene material just the tip of the iceberg, claims journalist|author=Rahul Singh|date=28 August 2016|newspaper=Hindustan Times}} The story won him a nomination for the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award.[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/lowy-institute-announces-2017-media-award-shortlist "Lowy Institute announces 2017 Media Award Shortlist"], 5 September 2017, Lowy Institute

He was The Australian{{'}}s New York correspondent during the late 1990s and the Washington correspondent covering the United States from 2017 until 2021.{{Cite news|title=Cameron Stewart|newspaper=The Australian|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/cameron-stewart|access-date=12 March 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Cameron Stewart |url=https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/cameron-stewart/13431950 |access-date=2024-07-17|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=Q+A}}

Stewart has appeared as panellist on ABC TV programs Insiders and Q+A.{{multiref|1=[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/sunday-february-27-full-program/13773192 "Video: Sunday February 27 Full Program"], 27 February 2022, Insiders|2=[https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/2021-08-07/13427966 "The Ethics of Accountability"], 8 July 2021, Q+A}}

In 2024, Stewart was one of three judges on the panel of the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=48th Perkin Award – Finalists |url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/48th-perkin-award-finalists |access-date=2024-07-17 |publisher=Melbourne Press Club}} and was the deputy chair of the Walkley Award judging board.{{Cite web |title=The Walkley Judging Board |url=https://www.walkleys.com/about/walkley-judging-board/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |publisher=The Walkley Foundation}}