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Hedley Thomas
Hedley Thomas is an Australian investigative journalist and author, who has won seven Walkley Awards, two of which are Gold Walkleys. Personal life Thomas is married and lives in Brisbane. He has two children. In 2002 Thomas and his family were victims of a death threat and a drive-by shooting. Career Soon after completing high school, Thomas started his career as a newspaper copy boy for the ''Gold Coast Bulletin'' in 1984. After nine months as a copy boy he started a journalism cadetship at the ''Gold Coast Bulletin'', then in 1988 moved to ''The Courier-Mail'' in Brisbane. After a year, he moved to London as a foreign correspondent for News Limited Australia for two years. As a 22-year-old journalist there he covered historic events such as the fall of the Berlin wall and the Romanian Revolution. Thomas returned to ''The Courier-Mail'' in late 1991, working there for 18 months. Thomas then moved to become the News Editor at the ''Hong Kong Standard'' for six months, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynette Dawson
Lynette Joy Dawson (born 1948) was an Australian missing person who disappeared on 9 January 1982, leaving two daughters and her husband, former rugby league footballer Chris Dawson. Her whereabouts are unknown, but two coronial inquests found that she had been murdered. On 30 August 2022, Chris Dawson was convicted of Lynette's murder and sentenced to 24 years in prison. Background Lynette Simms and Chris Dawson, both aged 16, met at a high-school function in 1965. They were married in 1970 at St Jude's Church, Randwick, in Sydney and later had two children. Between 1972 and 1976, Chris and his identical twin brother Paul played professional rugby league football for the Newtown Jets. In 1975, the Dawson brothers and their spouses appeared on the ABC documentary program ''Chequerboard'' to discuss how the twins' close bond affected their lives. After ending their rugby careers, the Dawson brothers found employment as physical education teachers, with Chris working at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990, Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperCollins and the Australian branch was the subject of a management buy-out. George Allen & Unwin in the UK George Allen & Sons was established in 1871 by George Allen, with the backing of John Ruskin, becoming George Allen & Co. Ltd. in 1911 and then George Allen & Unwin in 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and nephew Philip helped run the company, which published the works of Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl, Lancelot Hogben, and Thor Heyerdahl. It became well known as J. R. R. Tolkien's publisher, some time after publishing the popular children's fantasy novel ''The Hobbit'' in 1937, and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jschool
Jschool is an independent journalism college based in Brisbane, Australia. The college, founded in 2001, admitted its first students in 2002. Jschool is directed and was founded by journalist and educator John Henningham. Diploma of Journalism Jschool provides teaching and assessment of the Diploma of Journalism, an accredited one-year tertiary qualification within the Australian Qualifications Framework. The course is vocational in approach, declaring an emphasis on reporting and news writing practice. In 2009 the college received federal government FEE-HELP registration, enabling Australian students to receive student loans. From 2013, Jschool's Diploma of Journalism can be studied online and is also available part-time for online students. Ratings and awards The college has been named top journalism school in Australia, based on graduates' ratings. Students at Jschool have regularly been finalists in the "Most outstanding journalism student" award in the annual Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henningham
John Henningham is an Australian journalist and journalism educator. The first Professor of Journalism in Australia, he was also the first Australian to be awarded a PhD in Journalism. Early career Henningham graduated from the University of Sydney and worked as a journalist with newspapers the ''Daily Mirror'', ''The Sun'' and ''The Australian'' and the ABC before entering journalism education. He joined the staff of the University of Queensland in 1978 and was responsible for the university's establishing the Department of Journalism in 1991. He is founder and director of the journalism college Jschool He was previously head of the Department of Journalism at the University of Queensland. Henningham has written and edited books, journals, chapters and articles on journalism and the news media, including ''Looking at Television News'', ''Issues in Australian Journalism'', and ''Institutions in Australian Society'', and has been a media commentator in the press and on radio. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Queensland Floods
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music *Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Media Awards
The Queensland Clarion Awards, a union-administered award for journalists in the state of Queensland, Australia, started in 1995 and in May 2010 were re-branded from ''Queensland Media Awards''. The Clarion name was chosen to reflect the history of the Australian Journalists Association, one of the founding sections of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union representing Australian journalists, photographers, graphic artists, camera people, other media workers, musicians, actors and theatrical workers. The Clarion newspaper was an occasional paper published by the AJA during strikes. Entry to the annual awards, known informally as the Clarions, is open to all journalists, photographers, camera people, producers and artists in print, radio, television and online. The entry fee (A$230 in 2010) is waived for all members of the Alliance. The state-based awards are usually announced in the Australian spring, ahead of the annual Walkley Awards The annual Walkley Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Di Fingleton
Diane McGrath Fingleton (born 11 January 1947) is a former magistrate in the Queensland Magistrates Court, most notable for being appointed Chief Magistrate and later being convicted of the offence of intimidation of a witness, before the conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Court of Australia.. Early life Fingleton was educated at St. Stephen's Cathedral School and All Hallows' School, in Brisbane. She was a stenographer on Bill Hayden's staff in the Whitlam government years. She studied at university in the late 1970s and early '80s, and graduated with a law degree. She waitressed at night and studied by day. Magistracy In 1995, the Goss government appointed her to the magistracy and the Beattie government made her a senior magistrate three years later, just as it would appoint a dozen women (and 11 men) to various judicial appointments that upset Queensland's legal establishment. In 1999, Fingleton was appointed to the position of Chief Magistrate. This appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Whittaker (newspaper Editor)
Paul Whittaker is an Australian newspaper journalist and editor. In 2018, he was appointed CEO of Sky News in Australia. Career Whittaker was editor of ''The Australian'' from 2007 to 2011, having previous held roles of national chief of staff and deputy editor. From 2011 to 2015 he was editor of The Daily Telegraph, where he championed the Badgerys Creek Airport and the interests of Western Sydney. In 2014 he established the Bradfield Oration, a series of public talks addressing the future vision for Sydney. In October 2018 it was announced he would be leaving The Australian to take up the position of CEO for Sky News. Awards Whittaker has won three Walkley Awards, including one in 2015 for Headline Journalism in the Daily Telegraph for his headlines: * "Cardinal spin" (Cardinal George Pell's appearance before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse) * "The Grapes of Bof" (NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell's failure to declare a gift of a $3000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
