William Rex Jory is a retired Australian journalist. He was an associate editor of '' The Advertiser'', regular columnist for both ''The Advertiser'' and the '' Sunday Mail'' and leader writer for ''The Advertiser''. Jory was born and educated in

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and joined '' The News'' as a copy boy in 1959. In 1965, he moved to London, working with the

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, spent a year in South Africa and returned to Adelaide in 1970 as political writer for ''The News''. He was transferred to the

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bureau in 1978, joined ''The Advertiser'' in 1983 as special writer, moved to ''The News'' in 1984 and was made editor of the ''Sunday Mail'' until 1986 when he returned to ''The Advertiser'', as political editor. In 1990, Jory was awarded a Jefferson Fellowship in the United States, was appointed deputy editor of ''The Advertiser'' and in 1997 became a daily columnist. Jory was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the

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for "service to journalism, and to the community of South Australia". Jory retired as a regular columnist in September 2019, 60 years and four months after starting as a copy boy at ''The News''.

External links

Rex Jory – AdelaideNow

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