Category Archives: Media

I was features editor at .net magazine in Bath and, as several of my stories about internet dramas had been followed up by News of the World reporters, I applied for a job there and got an interview on December 22, 1999. I … Continue reading →

Was made redundant as a sub-editor on The Sydney Morning Herald newsdesk when sub-editing was outsourced.  

Can anyone recommend a literary agent? It’s for my manuscript 100,000 words. Social reports, cobbled together. (It’s like a scrapbook.) Thanks!

Went to see A.A. Gill, restaurant, TV and travel critic, at the Digital Dinosaurs talk, Sydney Writers’ Festival. [Coincidentally, have been watching Civilisation, Lord Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series, which was produced by his dad, Michael Gill.] Gill was in great form … Continue reading →

Went to the roundtable talk organised by Peter Fray on the changing role of the Editor. Speakers were Fray – Editor-in-chief of the Sydney Morning Herald; Rick Feneley – Editor of the Sun-Herald, Angelos Frangopoulos – CEO of Sky News; … Continue reading →

Panel: WHAT CAN JOURNALISM AND FICTION LEARN FROM EACH OTHER? MALCOLM KNOX (SMH, author): Writing fiction helped me to write fast. I’d written 7-8 complete novels before I’d walked into a newsroom, none of them published. Writing a million words … Continue reading →

Panel: Paul Barry (4 Corners, Media Watch), David Marr (SMH writer, 4 Corners, Media Watch), David Leser (Good Weekend profile writer, author). Topic: Truth is stranger than fiction. DAVID MARR: “I love people who invent their life stories, they fascinate … Continue reading →

MALCOLM TURNBULL: “Politics has always been vicious and nasty. From the latest tweet on Twitter to graffiti on a wall in Pompeii. You can’t complain. It goes with the territory.” “The public are very discerning and don’t believe every caricature. … Continue reading →

His key to interviewing on radio is: “Somebody has to be dancing”, ideally the interviewee. If they get dull, PF pulls out the six-shooters and fires at their feet. (says something to stir them up). “If they’re still dull, I’ll … Continue reading →

Chris Masters – investigative journalist, Four Corners, ABC, author of Jonestown (about Alan Jones), Gold Walkley winner. One of his most “perfect” stories, where everything worked pretty smoothly, was about the Rainbow Warrior bombing (which killed a man), and turned … Continue reading →