Journalist Philip Chubb, who won a Gold Walkley for the landmark 1993 series "Labor in Power", has died after a battle with cancer.
He also won a Logie for best TV documentary, and a Gold UN media peace prize, as part of a distinguished career in reporting and producing.
Associate Professor Chubb joined Monash University's Melbourne journalism school in 2008 after stints at The Age, Time Australia and as national editor of ABC television's 7:30 Report.
"It is with much sadness that I advise that Associate Professor Philip Chubb died peacefully overnight after a battle with cancer," Monash University Professor Sharon Pickering said on Thursday.
"Phil was a greatly cherished colleague and friend and the faculty is much better for his professionalism, commitment and care. He will be sadly missed."
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The Media, Arts and Entertainment Alliance praised him as a past president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Journalists Association and "an outstanding journalist".
Professor Chubb and Sue Spencer won a Gold Walkley for best journalism in 1993 for "Labor in Power", which told the inside story of the Hawke and Keating governments.
In 2014 he published his third book, Power Failure, on climate politics under the Rudd and Gillard governments.
