• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE2773

Connolly, Anne

  • Occupation Journalist, Print journalist, Television Journalist

Summary

Anne Connolly started her career as a cadet journalist for The Australian. She completed a three-year traineeship on the newspaper and later worked as a freelance journalist in Dublin, sending articles back to Australia about the IRA ceasefire and peace process. She also did a course for foreign journalists based in Paris for eight months, only moving into TV when she returned to Australia. She then went on to work as a producer and journalist for the ABC’s Four Corners.

Events

  • 1999

    Gold Walkley (with Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards) – ‘Cash for Comment’, Media Watch – ABC TV

    Walkley Award (Gold Walkley)
  • 1999

    Current Affairs Reporting -Less that 10 Minutes (with Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards) – ‘Cash for Comment’, Media Watch – ABC TV

    Walkley Award (Television)

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  • Awarded
    • Walkley Awards (1956 - )
    • Walkley Awards (1956 - )