Spencer, Sue

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Documentary Film maker, Journalist, Producer and Television Journalist

Sue Spencer began her career in television in the mid 1980s with the ABC program, Four Corners. She left the program to make documentaries, and returned in 2007 to the post of Executive Producer. During her career she has won three Walkley Awards.

Career Highlights

Events
c. 1980 -
Career in journalism active
1988
Walkley Award (Television) - Best Television Current Affairs Report (Highly Recommended), An Unfortunate Experiment, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Peter Couchman)
1993
Walkley Award (Gold Walkley) - Gold Award - Best Piece of Journalism, 'Labor in Power', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Phillip Chubb)
1993
Walkley Award (Television) - Best Application of the Television Medium to Journalism, 'Labor in Power', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Phillip Chubb)

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.walkleys.com/winners/database.html; Larry Schwartz, 'Just Around the Corner', Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April, 2008, [accessed 2008-10-16].

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Australian Women Exhibitions

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. [ Details... ]

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Prepared by: Nikki Henningham
Created: 14 November 2007
Modified: 16 October 2008

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info
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Updated: 23 December 2008
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