Anne Davies (Australian journalist)
Encyclopedia
Anne Davies was a Washington correspondent for Australian newspapers The Age
and The Sydney Morning Herald
.
In 2002, she won a Gold Walkley
, an investigative journalism award, with Kate McClymont for coverage of a rugby league salary cap scandal associated with the Canterbury Bulldogs
. She is a member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
union in Australia.
She was a panelist in May 2010 at the Sydney Writers Festival.
Davies co-authored the book Waterfront: The Battle That Changed Australia.
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
and The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
.
Biography
She is an alumna of SCEGGS Darlinghurst, an inner-city school for girls in Sydney, Australia.Career
Davies has previously been the state political editor and urban affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and also spent 10 years covering U.S. federal politics. She currently writes an opinion column, "National Times," for The Sydney Morning Herald.In 2002, she won a Gold Walkley
Gold Walkley
The Gold Walkley is the most prestigious of the Walkley Awards for Australian journalism. It is chosen by the Walkley Advisory Board from the winners of all the other categories...
, an investigative journalism award, with Kate McClymont for coverage of a rugby league salary cap scandal associated with the Canterbury Bulldogs
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...
. She is a member of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance is the Australian trade union and professional organisation which covers the media, entertainment, sports and arts industries...
union in Australia.
She was a panelist in May 2010 at the Sydney Writers Festival.
Davies co-authored the book Waterfront: The Battle That Changed Australia.
External links
- Anne Davies Profile in The Age