About

The Klaxon is an independent Australian news outlet specialising in exposing business wrongdoing and government corruption. We shine a light on the systemic and structural improprieties currently flourishing within the collective blindspots of much of the general media.

Editor Anthony Klan is an investigative journalist whose work has sparked numerous inquiries and law reforms.

He holds Australia’s top journalism award, a Walkley Award, for business journalism, and has been named a finalist for the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. He is a recipient of News Corporation Australia’s top award and has been three times named News Corporation Australia business journalist of the year.

Anthony Klan, Investigative Journalist

B.Commerce (Accounting & Finance), The University of Queensland; B.Arts (Journalism), The University of Queensland; Diploma of Financial Planning

News Corporation Australia journalist of the year, Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2010; (finalist) 2018

Walkley Award for Business Journalism, all media, 2007

Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, (finalist) 2010

News Corporation Australia Business Journalist of the Year, 2007; 2011; 2014

News Corporation Australia Business Journalist of the Year (highly commended) 2009; (finalist) 2016; (finalist) 2018

Citi Journalism Award for Excellence, Personal Finance, 2015

Citi Journalism Award for Excellence, Broadcast (finalist) 2016

Kennedy Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting (finalist) 2015

Kennedy Award for Outstanding Finance Reporting (finalist) 2015; (finalist) 2016; (finalist) 2021

Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Excellence in Investigative Reporting (finalist) 2016

Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) the Scoop Award (finalist) 2016

Best News Journalist, IT Journalism Awards 2018

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