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Niki Savva
Niki Savva is an Australian journalist, author, and former senior adviser to prime minister John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello. Early life Savva was born in the village of Choli, Cyprus. Her father Andreas emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1951 and she followed with her mother Elpiniki and brother Steven several years later. She grew up in Doveton, an outer suburb of Melbourne. She attended Doveton Primary and Doveton High School where she was a prefect. Career and personal life Savva started work as a journalist at the ''Dandenong Journal'', before moving to ''The Australian'' newspaper. In her early twenties, she moved to Canberra to work as a correspondent in the Canberra press gallery, for ''The Australian'' and later for the ''Herald Sun'' and ''The Age''. She also worked as the Washington correspondent for News Limited. The illness and death of her sister Christina at 43 caused Savva to reconsider her career in journalism in 1997, and she accepted a job offer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is ranked in the top 100 young universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. History The initial predecessor institution to Southern Cross University was the Lismore Teachers' College, which commenced operation on 23 February 1970, at what is now the Northern Rivers Conservatorium site.Jordan, M. A Spirit of Learning: The Jubilee of the University of New England. University of NSW Press, Sydney. p.244. On 1 September 1971, the Lismore Teachers College became a College of Advanced Education, under the Higher Education Act 1969, with the institution soon renamed Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education in 1973. Dr (later Professor) Rod Treyvaud was appointed principal in 1984, and oversaw an extensive building program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Oakes
Laurie Oakes (born 14 August 1943 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian retired journalist. He worked in the Canberra Press Gallery from 1969 to 2017, covering the Parliament of Australia and federal elections for print, radio, and television. Early career Oakes was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, the son of Wes and Hazel Oakes. His father worked for BHP as an accountant. When Oakes was six years old, his father was transferred to Cockatoo Island, a small island off the coast of Derby, Western Australia, where there was an iron ore mine. He began his schooling at a one-teacher school with only 20–30 children. Oakes later moved back to New South Wales and attended Lithgow High School. He graduated in 1964 from the University of Sydney while working part-time with the Sydney ''Daily Mirror''. At the age of 25 he was the Melbourne ''Suns Canberra Bureau Chief and while working for that paper he began providing political commentaries for the TV program, '' Willes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian People Of Greek Cypriot Descent
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The Australian Journalists
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Australian Political Journalists
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Scribe (publisher)
Scribe Publications (or simply Scribe) is an independent publishing house founded by Henry Rosenbloom in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ..., Australia in 1976. It established a sister company, Scribe UK, in London in May 2013. Scribe publishes nonfiction and fiction by authors from around the world, including many titles in translation. It publishes over 60 books a year in Australia, over 50 in the United Kingdom, and over 30 in the United States. It has a scout in New York. Awards It was awarded the prize for "Australian Small Publisher of the Year" for 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011. References {{reflist 1976 establishments in Australia Book publishing companies of Australia Publishing companies established in 1976 Companies based in Melbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Book Industry Award
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". Works are first selected by an academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by judging panels. The inaugural event was held in July 2006. 2018 winners The 2018 ABIA winners were announced on 3 May, with Jessica Townsend's '' Nevermoor'' receiving three awards: * ABIA book of the year: ''Nevermoor'', Jessica Townsend * Biography of the year award: ''Working Class Man,'' Jimmy Barnes * General fiction book of the year: ''The Secrets She Keeps,'' Michael Robotham * General non-fiction book of the year: ''The Trauma Cleaner,'' Sarah Krasnostein * Literary fiction book of the year: ''See What I Have Done,'' Sarah Schmidt * Illustrated book of year: ''Maggie's Recipe for Life,'' Maggie Beer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gawenda
Michael Gawenda (born 1947) is an Australian journalist and was editor of ''The Age'' from 1997 to 2004. He was appointing inaugural Director of the Centre for Advanced Journalism at the University of Melbourne, launched in 2008.The centre's mission is to improve the practice of journalism through dialogue between journalists and the general community to stimulate public debate on important issues facing journalism. Life as a refugee Gawenda was born 1947 in a refugee camp in Austria. His family moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1949. Gawenda attended Caulfield North state school. He studied economics and politics at a university. Career He started his career in 1970, joining ''The Age'' as a cadet journalist. In 1997 he became an editor and in 2003 the editor-in-chief. Before that, was a senior editor with ''TIME''. During 2002 he became the subject of controversy when, as Editor-in Chief, he rejected a Michael Leunig cartoon which juxtaposed an image of a Jew standing at the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Watch (TV Program)
''Media Watch'', formerly ''Media Watch: The Last Word'', is an Australian media analysis and political opinion television program currently presented by Paul Barry for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The program focuses on critiquing the Australian media together with its interconnections, including with politics. In 1999, ''Media Watch'' played a key role in revealing the unethical behaviour of radio talkback hosts, which became known as the " cash for comment affair" and was the subject of an investigation by what was then the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA). Format ''Media Watch'' is a 15-minute program which identifies, investigates and examines instances of what the program determines to be failings in news coverage by Australian media outlets. The series features a single host speaking directly to camera, detailing a mix of amusing or embarrassing editing gaffes (such as miscaptioned photographs or spelling errors) as well as more serious criticis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of the organisation, which is called ABC News, Analysis and Investigations. is responsible for all news-gathering and coverage across the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's various television, radio, and online platforms. Some of the services included under the auspices of the division are the ABC News TV channel (formerly ABC News 24); the long-running radio news programs, '' AM'', '' The World Today'', and '' PM''; ABC NewsRadio, a 24-hour continuous news radio channel; and radio news bulletins and programs on ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, and Triple J. ABC News Online has an extensive online presence which includes many written news reports and videos available via ABC Online, an ABC News mobile app (ABC Liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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