Matthew Ricketson, Estelle Blackburn, Tony Maniaty and Merlinda Bobis discuss the implications for storytelling of real lives and real events, including the ethical potholes that can appear at the intersections of fact and fiction. Introduced by Sandy Symons from UTS Journalism.
ESTELLE BLACKBURN (LOCAL) ESTELLE BLACKBURN is the author of the bestselling true-crime book Broken Lives and a memoir, The End of Innocence. She won the national Walkley Award for Outstanding Journalism for the investigation that led to the overturning of two wrongful murder convictions in WA. She has been awarded the Order of Australia for community service through investigative journalism.
MERLINDA BOBIS (LOCAL) MERLINDA BOBIS is the author of The Solemn Lantern Maker. Her first novel, Banana Heart Summer, was shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal. Summer Was a Fast Train Without Terminals was shortlisted for The Age Poetry Book Award. Her plays have been performed in Australia and internationally. She teaches creative writing at the University of Wollongong. merlindabobis.com.au
MATTHEW RICKETSON (INTERSTATE) MATTHEW RICKETSON was recently appointed professor of Journalism at the University of Canberra. He has worked as an academic and journalist, most recently as the media editor of The Age. His books include a biography of Australian writer Paul Jennings, The Boy in the Story is Always Me, and Writing Feature Stories. He is the editor of The Best Australian Profiles.
TONY MANIATY (LOCAL) TONY MANIATY began his journalism career with ABC News in Brisbane, and was European correspondent for SBS television’s Dateline and executive producer of ABC TV’s The 7.30 Report. He has published two novels, The Children Must Dance and Smyrna, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, and a memoir of his Greek-Australian boyhood, All Over the Shop. He holds a Masters degree in Media for research into television coverage of war, and is currently senior lecturer in International Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney. His latest book is Shooting Balibo, an account of his reporting experiences in East Timor.
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