Hills was born in Grassington, England and migrated with his family to Australia in 1959. He worked on various regional newspapers before being hired as an investigative reporter by The Age in Melbourne in 1969. He worked for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a London-based foreign correspondent in the mid-1970s then as a Hong-Kong based publisher during the 1980s. Returning to Melbourne, Hills became assistant editor of The Age. He spent four years as a producer for 60 Minutes. Hills became the Fairfax Japan correspondent from 1992 to 1995 and then lived in Sydney. He wrote six books, and after leaving Fairfax worked as a freelancer for SBS TV and other media outlets.[1][2][3][4]
Hills died from cancer in Sydney on 10 June 2018.[5]
hills, 1942, june, 2018, australian, freelance, journalist, author, born1942, 1942, grassington, north, yorkshire, englanddied10, june, 2018, 2018, aged, sydney, south, wales, australianationalityaustralianoccupation, journalist, author, contents, early, life,. Ben Hills 1942 10 June 2018 was an Australian freelance journalist and author Ben HillsBorn1942 1942 Grassington North Yorkshire EnglandDied10 June 2018 2018 06 10 aged 75 76 Sydney New South Wales AustraliaNationalityAustralianOccupation s Journalist author Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and career editHills was born in Grassington England and migrated with his family to Australia in 1959 He worked on various regional newspapers before being hired as an investigative reporter by The Age in Melbourne in 1969 He worked for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a London based foreign correspondent in the mid 1970s then as a Hong Kong based publisher during the 1980s Returning to Melbourne Hills became assistant editor of The Age He spent four years as a producer for 60 Minutes Hills became the Fairfax Japan correspondent from 1992 to 1995 and then lived in Sydney He wrote six books and after leaving Fairfax worked as a freelancer for SBS TV and other media outlets 1 2 3 4 Hills died from cancer in Sydney on 10 June 2018 5 Awards editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message 2016 John Newfong Award for Outstanding Indigenous Reporting 2010 Alex Buzo Prize for Excellence in Research 1991 Walkley Award for investigative reporting 1989 Highly Commended Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year AwardBibliography editStop the presses how greed incompetence and the internet wrecked Fairfax ABC Books Sydney 2014 Breaking news the golden age of Graham Perkin Scribe Melbourne 2010 About the Australian editor Graham Perkin The island of the ancients the secrets of Sardinia s Centenarians Murdoch Books Sydney 2008 Princess Masako Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne Tarcher Penguin New York 2006 Japan behind the lines Sydney Hodder Headline Melbourne 1996 Blue murder two thousand doomed to die the shocking truth about Wittenoom s deadly dust Sun Books Melbourne 1989References edit Ben Hills biography of the man who ruled journalism s golden age Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2011 Breaking News The Golden Age of Graham Perkin by Ben Hills Penguin Books Australia Archived from the original on 11 June 2011 Retrieved 2010 10 25 Ben Hills Scribe Publications Archived from the original on 27 November 2010 Retrieved 2010 10 25 Ben Hills speaker Margaret Gee Speakers Agent Sydney Australia Archived from the original on 14 July 2011 Retrieved 25 October 2010 Webb Carolyn 12 June 2018 Tributes flow for ferocious Age investigative journalist The Age Retrieved 12 June 2018 External links editOfficial website nbsp This Australian journalist biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ben Hills amp oldid 1182345922, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
