Tribute to Kate McClymont
Last night (November 10 2017) I had the honor of being a guest at the glittering inaugural dinner of the Australian Media Hall of Fame, where the honor was awarded to my friend and former colleague Kate McClymont, Fairfax’s fearless and peerless investigative reporter. Read more >
Ben wins NSW Premier’s Multicultural Media Award
Ben was honored at the 2017 NSW Premier’s Multicultural Media Awards at a glittering ceremony on August 31.Read more >
Ben wins Kennedy Award
At a gala black-tie function in the ballroom of Royal Randwick racecourse on Friday August 12 Ben Hills was awarded the Kennedy Award for excellence in indigenous reporting, named after the pioneer Aboriginal journalist John Newfong. Read more >
Stop the Presses Shortlisted for Prestigious Award
My latest book, Stop the Presses — How Greed, Incompetence (and the Internet) Wrecked Fairfax, has been shortlisted for Australia’s richest and most important award for business writing, the Ashurst Business Literature Prize. It is one of four books on this year’s short-list. Read more >
Making the Cut – article mention
In this review of the book Media Legends: Journalists Who Helped Shape Australia, Ken Haley finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism, published on Inside Story. Read more >
Media Hall of Fame Inductee
On 10 October 2014 Ben became one of only 81 journalists in the history of newspapers in Victoria to be inducted into the Media Hall of Fame for his “outstanding contribution to Australian journalism”. They include such diverse legends of journalism as Keith Murdoch. Read more >
Stop the Presses! published
My new book, Stop the Presses — How Greed, Incompetence (and the Internet) Wrecked Fairfax, was released on June 30 2014. Excerpts were published in The Australian the previous weekend, and the paper’s Media section described it as a “must read.” There was extensive media coverage. Read more >
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