Adam Shand (journalist)
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Adam Shand (born 13 August 1962) is an Australian writer and journalist.


Journalism

Adam Shand started his career in journalism as a cadet on ''
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'' newspaper in the 1980s covering the rise and fall of entrepreneurs. In 1991, he joined the
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reporting for ''
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'' in Sydney and Melbourne. In the 1990s Shand worked for three years in Africa as a freelance journalist based in Zimbabwe for media organizations, covering historic events as the rise to power of
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in South Africa, the aftermath of the genocide in
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and the corruption of
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's democracy. He returned to Australia in 1997 and worked as a roving reporter for the Nine Network's ''
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'' program. Shand also continued to work in the print media, including stints on the ''
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'' newspaper in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2003, Shand proposed a unique role writing for '' The Bulletin'' magazine while also filing stories for the Nine Network's ''
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'' program. He held that role until the closure of both the magazine and the show. He won a
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in 2007 with
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for exposing police corruption in Victoria. During this time he covered Melbourne's bloody ganglands war for the Nine Network and ''The Bulletin''. He also produced exclusive stories on Australia's outlaw biker clubs, Lebanese and Islander gangs in Sydney. He worked full-time for the Nine Network's flagship ''
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'' programme from 2008 until 2010. More recently, Shand has been involved in investigative podcasting.


Books

*''Big Shots: The Chilling Inside Story of Carl Williams and the Gangland Wars'', 2007, Penguin Books *''The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia's Toughest Cop'', 2009, Black Inc Books *''King of Thieves – The Adventures of Arthur Delaney and The Kangaroo Gang'', 2010, Allen & Unwin *''Outlaws: Inside The Truth About Australian Bikers'', 2011


Podcasts

Shand has hosted several Australian crime podcast series: * ''The Trials of The Vampire'' (2017) * ''Adam Shand at Large'' (2018–2019) *''Real Crime: Australian Detectives'' (2021–) *''Real Crime: Feature'' (2021–) *''Real Crime: Interview'' (2021–) *''State Crime Command'' (2020–), with the
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* ''Understate: Lucille Butterworth'' (2018) * ''Understate: In Plain Sight'' (2019) * ''Understate: Lawyer X'' (2020)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shand, Adam Living people 1962 births People educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney Australian non-fiction crime writers