- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2798
Light, Deborah
- Occupation Editor, Journalist, Print journalist
Summary
Deborah Light has an illustrious career in print journalism. She is a former business, features and news editor at the Sydney Morning Herald, and was the first woman in Australia to head a major newspaper, in the form of the Australian Financial Review. She has also written for the Bulletin.
Events
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1990 - 1990
Best Feature, ‘The Secret Society which sank Australia’ – Highly Commended – The Sydney Morning Herald – Fairfax (with Colleen Ryan and Paul McGeogh)
Walkley Award (Print) - 1980 - 1970
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Light, Deborah, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-738058