Pamela_Williams_(journalist)

Pamela Williams (journalist)

Pamela Williams (journalist)

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.[14]

References

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    Henningham, Nikki (17 October 2007) Woman: Williams, Pamela, The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    Christensen, Nic (23 January 2014) Pamela Williams to depart the Australian Financial Review, Mumbrella. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    Knott, Matthew (23 January 2014) From fact to fiction: Williams leaves AFR to write novels, Crikey. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    (20 December 2018) Guest: Pamela Williams, Q&A. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    Kohler, Alan (24 July 2013) Painful lessons in Fairfax demise, The Drum. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    "Pamela Williams Wins Walkley Book Award With Killing Fairfax". The Booktopian. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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    Markson, Sharri (5 December 2014) Pamela Williams joins The Australian as investigative reporter, The Australian. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    Ogilvie, Felicity (24 January 2019) 'The War on Malcolm': A closer look at the Turnbull leadership spill, RN Breakfast. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    Chang, Charis (24 January 2019) How Scott Morrison claimed the leadership from Malcolm Turnbull, news.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    (23 August 2013) Past Gold Walkley Winners, SBS News. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    (2 December 1998) Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Honour Roll: 1998 Perkin award winner Pamela Williams, Melbourne Press Club. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    Simons, Margaret (20 March 2010)Tragedy and Terrine at the Quills, Crikey. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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    George Munster Award: Previous Winners, University of Technology Sydney. Accessed 7 April 2019.
  14. [14]
    "Inside the team that lost it for Labor". 20 May 2019.
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