David Dale (born 1948) is an
Australian Walkley Award-winning
author,
journalist/
travel writer, television commentator, lecturer, international correspondent, political reporter and radio broadcaster
Career
Dale graduated from
Sydney University
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's six ...
with an honours degree in psychology before pursuing journalism. He writes on travel, food and popular culture for ''
The Sydney Morning Herald'' and ''
The Age'', does media commentary for the ABC and teaches Media at the
University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Dale created the satire column "Stay in Touch" for ''
The Sydney Morning Herald'' in 1981 and edited it for four years before being appointed the paper's New York correspondent in 1986. He wrote The Tribal Mind media column for 20 years. He won a Walkley Award in 1984 for a feature called The Italian Waiters Conspiracy. He has also served as a political reporter for ''
The Australian'', a sub-editor for ''General Practitioner'' (London), features editor of "The Sydney Morning Herald", editor of ''
The Bulletin
Bulletin or The Bulletin may refer to:
Periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals)
* Bulletin (online newspaper), a Swedish online newspaper
* ''The Bulletin'' (Australian periodical), an Australian magazine (1880–2008)
** Bulletin Debate, ...
'' and broadcaster for ABC radio and 2GB Sydney.
Bibliography
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
External links
David Dale's bio(agent's website)
The Tribal Mind Dale's blog about Australian pop culture
1948 births
Australian freelance journalists
Australian travel writers
Living people
The Sydney Morning Herald people
{{australia-writer-stub