Kate Geraghty

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Kate Geraghty (born 1972) is an Australian photojournalist, for The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age.[1]

Geraghty started her photographic profession at Albury-Wodonga's The Border Mail in 1997. Then she freelanced in Cambodia and Australia. In 2001 she joined The Sydney Morning Herald.[2]

She has covered the 2002 Bali bombings, the arrest in Jakarta of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Samudra, the 2009 Jakarta bombings, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the aftereffects of the 2004 tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, Van Tuong Nguyen’s execution in Singapore, and the war in Lebanon.[2]

She shows at the King Street Gallery.[3]

Gaza flotilla

During the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid, she was on board the MV Samoud, with Paul McGeough.[4] She reports being Tasered by the Israelis.

The Israeli attack was:
pretty full on....Three of the soldiers on the deck were Australian-Israelis,.... I couldn't believe it. It hurt and it made me feel sick.[5]

Mr Dillon said:

[Kate Geraghty] was leaning over the side of the boat to take a photograph down of one of the boats approaching us and they blasted her with a Taser,

She photographed the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara being boarded by Israeli forces and the Challenger One had attempted to outrun the Israeli zodiacs to give her time to transmit her photographs. Australian consular officials met them in Ela prison.[6]

Awards

  • 2009 United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace award for photojournalism [7]
  • 2009 Press Photographer of the Year finalist [8][9]
  • 2007 Nikon Walkley Press Photographer of the year
  • 2006 Nikon Walkley Press Photographer of the year[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Photo from Reuters Pictures". Daylife.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Geraghty, Kate" The Australian Women's Register, 2008-10-20, Retrieved 2010-06-05
  3. ↑ "Biography | Kate Geraghty". King Street Gallery. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  4. ↑ May 31, 2010 5:17PM (2010-05-31). "Paul McGeough, Kate Geraghty on convoy boat during Israeli attack". News.com.au. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  5. ↑ "Aussie photographer Kate Geraghty Tasered during flotilla raid". Perth Now. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  6. ↑ June 02, 2010. "Herald journalist vows to fight deportation | smh.com.au". M.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  7. ↑ http://www.unaavictoria.org.au/media/MPA%202009/MEDIA%20RELEASE%20WINNERS%20ANNOUNCED%20MPA%2009.pdf UN Association of Australia press release 2009 (pdf)
  8. ↑ Brown, Phil. "The Walkley Foundation - Gallery". Walkleys.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  9. ↑ Brown, Phil. "The Walkley Foundation - Gallery". Walkleys.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  10. ↑ "ANU - Department of International Relations - IR". Rspas.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 

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