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Australian investigative journalist and author
Pamela Williams (born 1954) is an Australian
investigative journalist and author.
[1]
Commencing her career at
BRW , Williams is best known for her work with
The Australian Financial Review , where she worked from 1987 until 2014.
[2] After working in various positions at the newspaper including being the
news editor and
editor-at-large , Williams left The Australian Financial Review in 2014 to pursue a career in writing novels.
[3]
Williams had previously written two best-selling non-fiction books. In 1997, Williams authored The Victory detailing the
Coalition 's victory at the
1996 Australian federal election
[4] and in 2013, Williams wrote Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge, which looked at the decline of Australian media company
Fairfax
[5] and won the 2013
Walkley Book Award .
[6]
In December 2014, Williams joined
The Australian as a senior writer.
[7]
In 2019, Williams wrote an essay for
The Monthly , focusing on the
2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills .
[8]
[9]
During her career, Williams has been awarded six
Walkley Awards , including the
Gold Walkley in 1998 for her story A Plan To Smash A Union , investigating the
1998 Australian waterfront dispute .
[10]
Williams' other awards include the
Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award , a
Melbourne Press Club Quill Award and the
University of Technology Sydney George Munster Award.
[11]
[12]
[13]
Williams rejoined The Australian Financial Review as Writer-at-large in May 2019.
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References
^ Henningham, Nikki (17 October 2007)
Woman: Williams, Pamela , The Australian Women's Register . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Christensen, Nic (23 January 2014)
Pamela Williams to depart the Australian Financial Review ,
Mumbrella . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Knott, Matthew (23 January 2014)
From fact to fiction: Williams leaves AFR to write novels ,
Crikey . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ (20 December 2018)
Guest: Pamela Williams ,
Q&A . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^
Kohler, Alan (24 July 2013)
Painful lessons in Fairfax demise ,
The Drum . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^
"Pamela Williams Wins Walkley Book Award With Killing Fairfax" . The Booktopian . 28 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2020 .
^ Markson, Sharri (5 December 2014)
Pamela Williams joins The Australian as investigative reporter ,
The Australian . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Ogilvie, Felicity (24 January 2019)
'The War on Malcolm': A closer look at the Turnbull leadership spill ,
RN Breakfast . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Chang, Charis (24 January 2019)
How Scott Morrison claimed the leadership from Malcolm Turnbull ,
news.com.au . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ (23 August 2013)
Past Gold Walkley Winners ,
SBS News . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ (2 December 1998)
Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Honour Roll: 1998 Perkin award winner Pamela Williams ,
Melbourne Press Club . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ Simons, Margaret (20 March 2010)
Tragedy and Terrine at the Quills , Crikey . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^
George Munster Award: Previous Winners ,
University of Technology Sydney . Accessed 7 April 2019.
^
"Inside the team that lost it for Labor" . 20 May 2019.