- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2880
Buckfield, Lin
- Occupation Journalist, Producer, Television Journalist
Summary
Lin Buckfield ended a successful music career to join Channel 9 as a researcher in 1990. She worked on programs such as Street Stories and special projects. In 1994, Lin joined Channel 7 as a reporter for the satirical news program The Times. When the program folded she worked on the Peter Manning led Witness program fronted by Jana Wendt. In 2000 she joined the ABCs Four Corners as a producer. During her career she has covered breaking stories all over the world. Lin is a previous recipient of five Walkley Awards.
Events
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2000 - 2000
Coverage of Sport, ‘Fixing Cricket’, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Liz Jackson & Peter Cronau)
Walkley Award (All Media) - 1990 - 1970
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2000 - 2000
Coverage of Indigenous Affairs, ‘Go to Jail’, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Liz Jackson)
Walkley Award (All Media) -
2005 - 2005
International Journalism ‘The Kilwa Incident’, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Sally Neighbour and Jo Puccini)
Walkley Award (All Media) -
2006 - 2006
Coverage of the Asia-Pacific Region, ‘Stoking the Fires’, 4 Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Liz Jackson)
Walkley Award (All Media) -
2006 - 2006
Stoking the Fires’, 4 Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Liz Jackson and Peter Cronau)
Walkley Award (Gold Walkley)
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: Buckfield, Lin, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759056