Frank Devine
Frank Devine (17 December 1931 – 3 July 2009)[1] was a New Zealand born Australian newspaper editor and journalist. Devine was born in the South Island city of Blenheim and started his career there aged 17 as a cadet on the Marlborough Express.[1] In 1953, Devine took a role with The West Australian in Perth, Western Australia. He later worked as a foreign correspondent in New York, London and Tokyo.[1]
Devine later moved to the United States where he was editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1986, Devine left Chicago to take on the role of editor at the New York Post.[2] He was a senior editor of Reader's Digest. He was also editor-in-chief of the Australian version of Reader's Digest. In later life, Devine was a columnist and editor of The Australian.[1] He contributed a monthly column for Quadrant from 2002 to 2009; he prepared a collection of these columns, Older and Wiser, just before he died.
He married his wife, Jacqueline, in 1959, with whom he had three children.[1] The eldest, Miranda Devine, has been a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Vale Frank Devine, laughing cavalier of journalism". The Australian (News Limited). 3 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ↑ "Frank Devine Is Designated Editor of The New York Post". New York Times (New York Times). 3 July 1986. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ↑ Australia’s many media dynasties (crikey)
External links
- David Banks, Beloved mentor and mate skips the Ashes, The Australian, 11 July 2009.
- Peter Coleman, [http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2009/07/my-friend-frank, 'My Friend Frank']
- Christopher Pearson, Frank conviviality of a Devine fellow soul, The Australian, 11 July 2009.
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