- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2747
Alcorn, Gay
- Occupation Journalist, Print journalist
Summary
Journalist Gay Alcorn has won three Walkley Awards. In 1996 she won for Best Coverage of a Current Story (Print) with her article, ‘Euthanasia’, published in the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1999 she won for Newspaper Feature Writing with ‘The Gambler’ in The Age, Melbourne; and in 2004, with Malcolm Schmidtke and Liz Minchin, she won again for Newspaper Feature Writing with ‘Young Latham’ in The Age.
Events
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1996
Best Coverage of a Current Story,’Euthanasia’, The Sydney Morning Herald – Fairfax
Walkley Award (Print) -
1999
Newspaper Feature Writing, ‘The Gambler’, The Age Melbourne – Fairfax
Walkley Award (Print) -
2004
Newspaper Feature Writing, ‘Young Latham’, The Age, with Malcolm Schmidtke & Liz Minchin
Walkley Award (Print) - 1985
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: Alcorn, Gay, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-755058