Ben Hills Ben Hills i(A12605 works by)
Born: Established: 1942
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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1 Taking It to the Top Ben Hills , 2010 extract biography (Breaking News : The Golden Age of Graham Perkin)
— Appears in: The Age , 4 May 2010; (p. 9)
1 Into the Lion's Den Ben Hills , 2010 extract biography (Breaking News : The Golden Age of Graham Perkin)
— Appears in: The Age , 3 May 2010; (p. 7)
1 The End of the Affair Ben Hills , 2010 extract biography (Breaking News : The Golden Age of Graham Perkin)
— Appears in: The Age , 1 May 2010; (p. 7)
1 8 y separately published work icon Breaking News : The Golden Age of Graham Perkin Ben Hills , Carlton North : Scribe , 2010 Z1688357 2010 single work biography

'It is now more than 30 years since Graham Perkin's tragically premature death, but his legacy lives on in every corner of the Australian media. Perkin was, without question, the country's greatest editor of the 20th century. In his nine years at the helm of The Age, he transformed a venerable but moribund rag into a paper regularly voted one of the world's ten best broadsheets, alongside such great titles as The Washington Post and The Times of London. He changed forever the way that the media looks at society, and the way that people relate to the media.

'In this insightful, vigorous biography, veteran investigative journalist and Walkley Award winner Ben Hills — who worked under Perkin's editorship for six years — chronicles the life and times of Australia's most influential newspaper editor, and the history of the newspaper to which he devoted his tremendous talents.

'From a little town in Victoria's dusty Mallee to the door of the Fairfax boardroom, from the twilight of the Menzies era to the death throes of the Whitlam government, from formulaic, moth-balled reportage to socially responsible investigative journalism, Breaking News paints a vivid picture of Graham Perkin's remarkable career. It is biography at its best, and the personality and energy of this big, bluff cyclone of a man jumps from the pages. Most of all, however, it is a portrait of media power, of the last of the great editors who, by the force of their convictions, made a difference to society — a breed for whom there is no place in today's corporate media conglomerates, with their focus on cost-cutting and the short-term bottom line.

'A cracking story in its own right, Breaking News is an engrossing read, not only for those who remember Perkin and the golden age of Australian newspapers, but also for everyone who reads the paper or watches the news today.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Rise and Not Much of a Fall Ben Hills , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 November 2007; (p. 36)

— Review of Funny Business Leonie Wood , 2007 single work biography
1 More Than a Grain of Truth Ben Hills , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2007; (p. 39)

— Review of The Butcherbird Geoffrey Cousins , 2007 single work novel
1 Heavy Hitter Ben Hills , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 July 1998; (p. 9)
1 Writing a Comeback Ben Hills , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May 1998; (p. 3)
1 Toujours Gai Ben Hills , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 February 1997; (p. 40)
1 Modem Man of Letters Ben Hills , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Herald , 21 July 1989; (p. 13)
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