Michelle Grattan

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Michelle Grattan AO (born 1936), Australian journalist, was the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper. Specialising in political journalism, Grattan has written and edited for many significant Australian newspapers.

1 Career
2 Honours
3 Notes
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Career

Grattan was recruited by The Age newspaper in 1970, and joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 1971. In 1976, Grattan was appointed the Chief Political Correspondent for The Age, a position she would hold until 1993. After leaving The Age in 1993, Grattan was appointed the Editor of The Canberra Times, becoming the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australia. After two years in this position, she returned to The Age, where she became the Political Editor.

In 1996, Grattan joined The Australian Financial Review as a senior writer, and three years later, was appointed Chief Political Correspondent at The Sydney Morning Herald. Grattan returned to The Age in 2002 as a columnist, and was made Political Editor and Bureau Chief in 2004.

Grattan is one of the most respected journalists in Australia. In 2004, magazine The Reader published "Australia's first Bias-O-Meter", rating the political bias of various prominent Australian journalists. Grattan was placed in the "straight-as-a-die" category, with her only bias being "towards truth in political coverage." ^[1] Grattan has co-authored several books, including Can Ministers Cope? ^[2] and Reformers ^[3], and has edited collections such as Australian Prime Ministers ^[4] and Reconciliation ^[5].

[edit] Honours

In 1988, Grattan was awarded the Graham Perkin Award as the Australian Journalist of the Year. At the Australia Day Honours in 2004, Grattan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her long and distinguished service to Australian journalism. Grattan is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland's School of Journalism and Communication.

[edit] Notes

^ Bias-O-Meter, Bolt, Beecher and Islam. Crikey.com.au. Retrieved on June 2, 2005.
^ Weller, Patrick & Grattan, Michelle (1981). Can ministers cope? : Australian federal ministers at work. Hutchinson of Australia. ISBN 0-09-137690-4.
^ Bowman, Margaret & Grattan, Michelle (1989). Reformers : shaping Australian society from the 60s to the 80s. Collins Dove. ISBN 0-85924-775-9.
^ Grattan, Michelle (ed) (2000). Australian prime ministers. New Holland. ISBN 1-86436-671-0.
^ Grattan, Michelle (ed) (2000). Reconciliation: essays on Australian reconciliation. Bookman Press. ISBN 1-86395-186-5.