Bill Tyson
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Bill Tyson is a multi-award winning Irish writer and producer.
Hard hitting investigative journalism into controversial lending practices at the Irish Nationwide Building Society was the highlight of Tyson's stint as finance reporter with the Irish Independent (1998-2006). For this five-year campaign under unrelenting legal pressure, he won his first ESB National Media Award in 2000. Two years later he won another award for highlighting the plight of borrowers lured into unaffordable debts and in 2004, he won the same award again for a story about aggressive repossession tactics (see links below). In 2006, Tyson become a freelance columnist for the Sunday Tribune and wrote an expose of an orgiastic lend-to-invest spree at ACC Bank. Three weeks later, the head of ACC resigned. The following year, Tyson was shortlisted in the inaugural UCD Michael Smurfit business journalism awards. However, in 2008 Tyson resigned from the Tribune over the sacking of business editor Richard Delevan (see -columnist resigns). In 2010 and 2011 he resumed freelance journalism on a part-time basis contributing to the Irish Independent's consumer and feature sections.
In 2005 Tyson teamed up with Declan Cassidy
to establish Timesnap, a film production company. In 2007, he earned a Masters degree in Screenwriting from IADT (http://www.iadt.ie/en/). In July 2008, the Tyson-produced short film "Whatever Turns You On", directed by Cassidy, premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and went on to win six international awards including Best Short Short at Aspen Shortsfest USA 2009, an 'Oscar' qualifying event. In the same month it was short-listed for the award of Best Short Film at the Boston Irish Film Festival and received a theatrical release in Ireland and France. The short has also been snapped up by TV stations in Poland, Ireland, Belgium, France and the UK (Channel Four)
In 2008-2009 Tyson co-wrote and produced a four hour television series for DCTV. The House (The House) 2009 also saw the release of the short film Veronique - penned and produced by Tyson - under the Irish Film Board's Virtual Cinema scheme. Veronique was acquired by NBC Asia and screened in several countries with a potential audience of billions. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn8Q8FyUTWM)
The following year saw the release of two documentaries produced by Tyson for DCTV A Century of Sailing, on the oldest sailing boats in the world still racing (Howth 17s), and Little Jerusalem, a portrayal of a tiny Irish Jewish community, which has had an extraordinary impact. In 2011, the Tyson-produced documentary JJ And The Admiral was launched by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the Royal Theatre Castlebar in front of an audience of over 1,000 people.(film-story-of-admiral-brown-and-jj-ohara)
Tyson wrote and published an annual finance book - Your Money - which was a top ten non-fiction bestseller several times between 1996 and 2004.
In 2006, a biography of Mayoman Admiral William Brown written by well-known Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and translated by Bill Tyson was published to critical acclaim. (Admiral-William-Brown)
Through a voluntary group of media professionals, Community Media Associates, Tyson is a member of Dublin Community Television (DCTV) and was involved in a project to teach video production skills to disadvantaged youth in Drogheda in 2010. The following year, Timesnap Ltd, where he is a director, became a fully fledged partner on two major EU training projects.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/independent-business-writer-wins-media-prize-290429.html
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Financial Journalism
Hard hitting investigative journalism into controversial lending practices at the Irish Nationwide Building Society was the highlight of Tyson's stint as finance reporter with the Irish Independent (1998-2006). For this five-year campaign under unrelenting legal pressure, he won his first ESB National Media Award in 2000. Two years later he won another award for highlighting the plight of borrowers lured into unaffordable debts and in 2004, he won the same award again for a story about aggressive repossession tactics (see links below). In 2006, Tyson become a freelance columnist for the Sunday Tribune and wrote an expose of an orgiastic lend-to-invest spree at ACC Bank. Three weeks later, the head of ACC resigned. The following year, Tyson was shortlisted in the inaugural UCD Michael Smurfit business journalism awards. However, in 2008 Tyson resigned from the Tribune over the sacking of business editor Richard Delevan (see -columnist resigns). In 2010 and 2011 he resumed freelance journalism on a part-time basis contributing to the Irish Independent's consumer and feature sections.
TV and Film Production
In 2005 Tyson teamed up with Declan Cassidy
Declan Cassidy
Declan Cassidy is a multi-award winning Irish television and film director. A founding member of the Irish Film and Television Academy , he began his film career in the documentary genre where his work includes War on Waste , a documentary looking at vermiculture as a waste disposal alternative to...
to establish Timesnap, a film production company. In 2007, he earned a Masters degree in Screenwriting from IADT (http://www.iadt.ie/en/). In July 2008, the Tyson-produced short film "Whatever Turns You On", directed by Cassidy, premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and went on to win six international awards including Best Short Short at Aspen Shortsfest USA 2009, an 'Oscar' qualifying event. In the same month it was short-listed for the award of Best Short Film at the Boston Irish Film Festival and received a theatrical release in Ireland and France. The short has also been snapped up by TV stations in Poland, Ireland, Belgium, France and the UK (Channel Four)
In 2008-2009 Tyson co-wrote and produced a four hour television series for DCTV. The House (The House) 2009 also saw the release of the short film Veronique - penned and produced by Tyson - under the Irish Film Board's Virtual Cinema scheme. Veronique was acquired by NBC Asia and screened in several countries with a potential audience of billions. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn8Q8FyUTWM)
The following year saw the release of two documentaries produced by Tyson for DCTV A Century of Sailing, on the oldest sailing boats in the world still racing (Howth 17s), and Little Jerusalem, a portrayal of a tiny Irish Jewish community, which has had an extraordinary impact. In 2011, the Tyson-produced documentary JJ And The Admiral was launched by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the Royal Theatre Castlebar in front of an audience of over 1,000 people.(film-story-of-admiral-brown-and-jj-ohara)
Books
Tyson wrote and published an annual finance book - Your Money - which was a top ten non-fiction bestseller several times between 1996 and 2004.
In 2006, a biography of Mayoman Admiral William Brown written by well-known Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and translated by Bill Tyson was published to critical acclaim. (Admiral-William-Brown)
Other work
Through a voluntary group of media professionals, Community Media Associates, Tyson is a member of Dublin Community Television (DCTV) and was involved in a project to teach video production skills to disadvantaged youth in Drogheda in 2010. The following year, Timesnap Ltd, where he is a director, became a fully fledged partner on two major EU training projects.
External links
-http://www.independent.ie/national-news/independent-business-writer-wins-media-prize-290429.html
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[http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1128/accbank-business.html accbank].
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http://www.smurfitschool.ie/aboutsmurfit/news/newsarchive/title,6809,en.html
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[http://www.timesnap.com/ Timesnap]