Michael Lund is a journalist based in
Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia. He was the winner in the 2004
Queensland Media Awards for his report on the
pitch invasion at the 2003
Rugby World Cup. He was also "highly commended" in the
Walkley Awards for his report on
Peter Hollingworth and Hollingworth's dealings with
child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...
allegations when Anglican Archbishop of
Brisbane.
Personal life
Lund was born in March 1965 in
Horbury, Yorkshire, and is a graduate of mathematics and applied physics at the then
Manchester Polytechnic and holds a master's in pure mathematics from the
University of Liverpool. He studied print journalism at
Stradbroke College in
Sheffield.
He has worked for a number of news organisations in the United Kingdom, including as a bi-media correspondent for the
BBC, and as a reporter at the
Bristol Evening Post, the
Sheffield Star, and other local newspapers.
In 1998, he emigrated to Australia and has worked for ''
The Courier-Mail'' and ''
The Sunday Mail'' newspapers in
Queensland, the
ABC in radio and television – including for the popular television program ''
Australian Story'' – has lectured and tutored in journalism at the
Queensland University of Technology, worked as a science and technology editor and commissioning editor for the Australian and New Zealand arm of
The Conversation and as a senior finance journalist for Canstar. He is now a newsletter editor for News Corp Australia.
Awards
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Queensland Media Awards – Best Sports Report – Electronic Media (2004)
:"Pitch Invasion" –
ABC Local Radio
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Walkley Awards – Highly Commended (2002)
:"What Hollingworth Knew" –
ABC Local Radio
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ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites. Its programm ...
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes – Best Coverage of Research and Technology – Finalist (2004)
:"Eye of a Needle" –
Australian Story
References
External links
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1965 births
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People from Horbury