Jacquelin Magnay is an Australian

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who wrote for the ''

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'' from 1992 to 2009. In November 2009 she was appointed as

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editor for the

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in the United Kingdom. As at 2022, Magnay was European correspondent for ''

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''.

Career

Trained as a teacher, Jacquelin Magnay started in journalism at the ''

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'' and within six months was the sports editor. Magnay started at the ''

'' in 1992 and has worked in the paper's

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bureau. She was the Herald's Olympics writer in the lead up to the

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and continued to cover the Olympics for the paper. Magnay made headlines in 1993 by demanding access for female reporters to after-game locker rooms for interviews. She was prompted to take action when radio commentator and

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coach Alan Jones told her to stop behaving like a temperamental schoolgirl. Magnay was successful in her complaint to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission about dressing room access, forcing the Balmain rugby league club to issue a public apology in late 1995. This action set a universal standard of gender equality involving sports journalism across Australian sports. But Magnay's actions have attracted harsh comments from male Australian counterparts, such as being told to "get home and wash the dishes" by former

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footballer-turned-

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radio commentator

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. Magnay won a

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in 2004 for a series of articles on a drugs scandal involving

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cyclists. She was highly commended by the Walkley judges in 2003, along with her colleague Roy Masters for the coverage of the

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drug scandal. She was a finalist in the Walkley awards, with co-author

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in 2007 and in 2008 for investigation of the Firepower Pill. She was a regular contributor to the Sunday morning

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sports program ''

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'', hosted by

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. She was also a regular panellist on '' The Footy Show'' and contributed a weekly radio segment on

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. In November 2009 Magnay was appointed to the new post of Olympics editor for the

in the United Kingdom, covering the

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and the

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for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. As at 2022, Magnay was European correspondent for ''

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