- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2849
Lewis, Megan
- Occupation Journalist, Photo Journalist, Photographer
Summary
Megan Lewis moved to Sydney from New Zealand when she was 21 years old and began her career as a photojournalist working for Reuters. In 1998 she moved to Perth to work for The Australian., covering national and international stories such as the Tampa Crisis and movements for Independence in East Timor. In 2002 she moved to the Great Sandy Desert to live with the Martu people. Work done during this five year period formed the basis of her Walkley Award winning work in 2005. Megan is back in Perth, working freelance.
Events
- 1995
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2005
Photographic Essay, ‘The Martu Mob’, Freelance
Walkley Award (Photography)
Published resources
- Book
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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: Lewis, Megan, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-758099