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Information for Complainants Australian Press Council Industry Members Sean Aylmer (Fairfax Media) Sean Aylmer trained as an economist and worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia before shifting to journalism. He joined Fairfax Media in 1997 and has worked at the SMH, The Australian Financial Review and BRW. In July 2012 he became Editor-in-Chief of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun Herald, responsible for all digital and print platforms. Since August 2013, he has been Group Director of Business Media at Fairfax, responsible for all editorial and commercial aspects of The Australian Financial Review, Boss, BRW, Smart Investor and Business Day. Hal Crawford (ninemsn) Hal Crawford began his journalism career at The West Australian newspaper, working as a general, police and political reporter before specialising in technology journalism. After leaving The West he travelled and wrote as a freelancer for magazines, newspapers and websites. He lived in The Netherlands for three years, working for Radio Netherlands, before returning to teach journalism at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Hal was appointed as ninemsn News Editor in 2006, Executive Producer in 2008 and became ninemsn's Editor in Chief in 2012. Tony Gillies (Australian Associated Press) Tony Gillies joined AAP as Editor-in-Chief in January, 2004 having spent 25 years in various newspaper reporting, editing and group publishing roles with regional and metropolitan media. He was appointed with a mandate to bring the news agency closer to its subscribers and aid them in their transition into the digital era. Under his leadership AAP has become a multi-media agency. Reporters take photos, capture audio and shoot video; photographers shoot video; video journalists and presenters produce features and bulletins; while artists lead the way on interactive graphics. In addition to editorial responsibility Tony has had full revenue accountability for the AAP Newswire since 2008. This has provided seamless business development opportunities for the news operation. December 2015 Australian Press Council Address: Level 6, 309 Kent Street, GPO Box 3343 Sydney 2001 Phone: (02) 9261 1930 or 1800 025 712 Fax: (02) 9267 6826 Email: info@presscouncil.org.au Web: http://www.presscouncil.org.au Chris Graham (Representing Smaller Publishers) Chris Graham is the Publisher and Editor of New Matilda. He is the founder and former Managing Editor of Tracker magazine, owned by the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. He’s also the founder and former Editor of the National Indigenous Times (NIT). Chris got his start in the media at age 15 as a copyboy at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1988. In 1990 he started a cadetship at Magazine House, and from 1996 he headed bush to work in regional papers. In late 2001, Chris was part of a small team that created NIT. Chris has won a Walkley Award for Excellence in Indigenous Affairs reporting, a Walkley High Commendation, and has twice been awarded the Human Rights Award – Print Category for his Indigenous affairs reporting. Bryce Johns (APN News & Media) Bryce Johns joined the Australian team heading APN’s Print and Online division in Queensland and northern New South Wales in 2013. He transferred from the company’s New Zealand division, where he worked in senior positions for more than a decade. After leaving school and going straight into a newsroom, Bryce worked on nine NZ newspaper titles across the North Island, in nearly every position in the newsroom. He was editor of the Hamilton-based daily Waikato Times (Fairfax) from 2003-2010, and led the APN Herald on Sunday as editor from 2010-2013. Before joining the Australian team, he set up the New Zealand Herald’s content marketing division. Alan Kennedy (Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance) Alan Kennedy has been a journalist for 40 years. He began his career with a cadetship on The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, and has worked throughout Australia and in London. After working on the development of Australian Business magazine in the early 1980s, he pursued a successful career as a freelance journalist, concentrating on the car industry. As motoring editor of both Australian Business and The Bulletin, he wrote extensively on industry policy. He spent 19 years at The Sydney Morning Herald - firstly, as motoring editor, then editing the Stay In Touch column before becoming deputy editor and then editor of the sports section. Alan has been a member of the Australian Journalists' Association (AJA), now part of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), for 40 years. Susan Skelly (Bauer Media Group) Susan Skelly has held senior positions with some of Australia’s leading mastheads: Editor in Chief of Qantas The Australian Way; Assistant Editor of The Bulletin; Associate Editor of Good Weekend; award-winning features writer at HQ magazine; and Chef Sub-Editor of the Australian Women’s Weekly. Under her leadership, the team at Bauer Custom Media has in recent years collected international awards for editorial excellence, digital strategy, use of photography and best tablet content. Glenn Stanaway (News Corp Australia) Glenn Stanaway is National Executive Editor for News Corp Australia. Previously, he held the posts of Executive Editor of News Corp’s Sunday newspapers; Executive Editor, Deputy Editor and Digital Editor of The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph; Executive Editor (Olympics) of The Daily Telegraph; Assistant Editor and Chief-of-Staff of The Daily Telegraph. Glenn has also been News Corp’s European Bureau Chief and Parliamentary Bureau Chief in Canberra, and The Courier-Mail’s Canberra political correspondent. He has also been an editor at the China Daily in Beijing. Bob Yeates (Country Press Australia) Bob Yeates is a fourth generation independent newspaper publisher, starting with the local family business in the early 1970’s. After completing an adult apprenticeship, Bob moved through all departments of the business and has been Managing Director of East Gippsland Newspapers for the past 25 years. He is the immediate past President of Country Press Australia, filling that role for three years, and a current board member and life member of the Victorian Country Press Association. Vacant (Community Newspapers Australia) Vacant (Daily Mail Australia) .
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