I entered journalism because I had dreams of one day becoming a sports writer and covering Australian cricket tours of England, just like Tom Goodman (Sydney Morning Herald) or Ernie Christensen (Sydney Sun). My dream changed over the years, but I still love cricket – and newspapers.
At the young age of 66, George Westacott began his 10-year stint as Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin editor, taking both the newspaper and himself to high acclaim.
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The role of the newspaper reporter has been percieved in varied ways in the past. Many journalists have driven the industry forward with their various quirks.
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The Sydney Morning Herald will be 175 years old on April 18, a reminder that no Australian newspaper that began publication before 1831 now survives
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How can a newspaper celebrate its centenary when it can’t seem to figure out its birthday?
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Rod Kirkpatrick uncovers a printer’s personal ode to lead type in a WWII-era Jersualem newspaper
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Frontier newspapers, the Americans called them, and frontier editors, in the American wild west from the 1850s to 1890s, were as rough and tough with words as they had to be with guns, whips or fists
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It was conventional for 19th century Australian newspapers to publish scissors-and-paste journalism: duly acknowledged extracts from other newspapers, whether colonial or overseas. The newspaper proprietors were mimicking the practice of their British and American counterparts
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There are two significant sesqui-centenaries for provincial newspapers in Australia this month. The Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong, is 150 years old on October 8 and will be only the second NSW provincial title to reach that age
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Kirkpatrick is intrigued by a photograph with historical newspaper significance acquired from a successful bid on eBay.
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