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Graham Perkin Award
The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award, often known simply as the Graham Perkin Award, is one of Australia's pre-eminent prizes for journalism. It was established and named in honour of Graham Perkin, who was editor of ''The Age'' from 1966 until his death in 1975. Administered by the Melbourne Press Club, the award carries a prize of $20,000. Winners *1976 – Denis Butler ('' The Newcastle Morning Herald'') *1977 – Robert Gottliebsen (''The Australian Financial Review'') *1978 – Lenore Nicklin (''The Sydney Morning Herald'') *1979 – Peter Rodgers (''The Sydney Morning Herald'') *1980 – Ron Saw ('' The Bulletin'') *1981 – Norman Aisbett and David Tanner (''The West Australian'') *1982 – Peter Smark (''The Age'') *1983 – Evan Whitton (''The Sydney Morning Herald'') *1984 – Creighton Burns (''The Age'') *1985 – Jack Waterford (''The Canberra Times'') *1986 – Bruce Dover and Cameron Forbes ('' The Herald'', Melbourne and ''The Age'') *198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Perkin
Edwin Graham Perkin (16 December 1929 – 16 October 1975) was an Australian journalist and newspaper editor. Early life Perkin was born at Hopetoun, Victoria, elder son of Herbert Edwin Perkin, baker, and his wife Iris Lily, née Graham, both Victorian born. Graham grew up at Warracknabeal, Victoria, Warracknabeal and was educated at the local high school. In 1948 he began to study law at the University of Melbourne, but abandoned his course in the following year when he obtained a cadetship with ''The Age''. On 6 September 1952 he married Peggy Lorraine Corrie at the Methodist Church, St Kilda, Victoria, St Kilda. Career As a young reporter, Perkin rapidly acquired a reputation for enthusiasm and restless energy. In 1955 he won a Kemsley scholarship in journalism which took him to London. Returning to Australia as a feature writer, he shared the Walkley Awards, Walkley Award for journalism in 1959 for an article on pioneering heart surgery. His rise in the newspaper hierarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Carlyon
Leslie Allen Carlyon (10 June 1942 – 4 March 2019) was an Australian writer and newspaper editor. Early life Carlyon began his career in journalism with ''The Herald and Weekly Times'' as a cadet on the '' Sun News-Pictorial'' (now the ''Herald Sun'') in 1960. In 1963, he moved to ''The Age'' working successively as leader writer, finance editor, news editor, assistant editor and, in 1975 aged 33, editor, following the sudden death of the previous editor, Graham Perkin. Carlyon had to resign for health reasons in 1976 after just one year in the position. From 1977 to 1982, he was a visiting lecturer in journalism at RMIT University, Melbourne. During this time, he continued writing for newspapers across Australia with a particular focus on horse racing. In 1984, Carlyon returned to an executive role in journalism with his first employer, the ''Herald and Weekly Times'', where he was promoted to editor-in-chief. After resigning in 1986, Carlyon again continued as a freela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herald Sun
The ''Herald Sun'' is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the American Murdoch owned News Corp. The ''Herald Sun'' primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and the South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In 2017, the paper had a daily circulation of 350,000 from Monday to Friday. The ''Herald Sun'' newspaper is the product of a merger in 1990 of two newspapers owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Limited: the morning tabloid paper '' The Sun News-Pictorial'' and the afternoon broadsheet paper '' The Herald''. It was first publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Mitchell (radio Presenter)
Neil Mitchell AO (born 21 November 1951) is an Australian former newspaper and magazine journalist, radio presenter and television personality, best known for his long-stint on Melbourne AM talk-back station 3AW. Early career The son of a school teacher, Mitchell entered journalism aged 17, straight after completing high school.A matter of opinion , The Weekly Review 13 June 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013 He has had involvement in newspapers, radio and television. Newspaper and magazine journalist He was one of the youngest ever editors of a major Australian metropolitan newspaper, '' The Herald'', ho ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
