Michael Gordon (Australian journalist)

Michael Gordon (14 August 1955 – 3 February 2018) was an Australian journalist. Gordon was the son of the newspaper journalist and editor Harry Gordon.[1]

For other people named Michael Gordon, see Michael Gordon (disambiguation).

Michael Gordon
Born(1955-08-14)14 August 1955
Melbourne, Australia
Died3 February 2018(2018-02-03) (aged 62)
Cowes, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationBachelor of Commerce
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationJournalist
Years active1973–2017
EmployerThe Age, The Herald, The Australian
Parent(s)Harry Gordon

Early life and education

Born in 1955 in Melbourne, Australia, he completed his part-time studies in degree in Commerce at Melbourne University.[2]

Career

Gordon joined The Age in 1973 at the age of 17 as a cadet journalist[2] and spent most of his career with the newspaper in Melbourne, reporting on areas such as politics, police, industrial relations and sport.[3] He retired from The Age in June 2017 at the rank of national political editor,[2] the position he held since 2013,[4] after working for the newspaper for 37 years.[1][3] Gordon also worked for a time as a New York correspondent for The Herald in the late 1980s and later as national political editor for The Australian from 1994 to 1998.[1][4]

Gordon won a Walkley Award in 2017 for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism 2017.[5] Gordon was also the recipient of the 2005 Graeme Perkin Award for Australia's most outstanding journalist.[6][1]

Death

He died in February 2018, at the age of 62, from a heart attack while taking part in an ocean swim at Cowes in Phillip Island, Victoria.[1][7]

After his death, a journalism fellowship in his name was set up by the Melbourne Press Club.

References
  1. Cuthbertson, Debbie; Mannix, Liam; Pierik, Jon (3 February 2018). "Celebrated and beloved Age journalist Michael Gordon dies aged 62". The Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. "Michael Gordon". Detention Remembered.
  3. Wright, Tony (15 June 2017). "Tributes flow as Michael Gordon, a giant of journalism and the most decent of men, departs The Age". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. "Veteran Fairfax journalist Michael Gordon dies aged 62". NewsChannel256. 3 February 2018.
  5. "Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism 2017". Walkley Awards. Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. Publisher, Master. "Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year honour roll - Melbourne Press Club". www.melbournepressclub.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. "Michael Gordon, distinguished Age journalist, dies at 62". The Guardian. 3 February 2018.


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