Kerry o'Brien
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Kerry O'Brien
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 871
ISBN-13: 9781760637873
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Television journalists; Biography
Description: Walkley award winning ABC journalist, Kerry O'Brien, reflects on social and political upheavals he has witnessed and the personalities who have made history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; 1 BORN UNDER A CLOUD; 2 BACK TO THE LITTLE BIG SMOKE; 3 DRIFTING INTO JOURNALISM; 4 SOUTH TO THE JUNGLE; 5 TABLOID TIMES; 6 THE TDT ADVENTURE; 7 TO MELBOURNE-AND CIVILITY; 8 BACK TO SYDNEY; 9 FOUR CORNERS; 10 OF PRIESTS AND TYRANTS; 11 WORKING FOR GOUGH; 12 AFTER THE BALL; 13 SEVEN DAYS; 14 AMERICA; 15 MEANWHILE, BACK IN CANBERRA . . .; 16 TURBULENCE AT TEN; 17 LATELINE; 18 THE BIG-HIT INTERVIEWS; 19 THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE NINETIES; 20 NO EASY ROAD TO 7.30; 21 FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE THE MAST; 22 SOMETHING IN THE WATER; 23 REAL CELEBRITY; title: 24 EAST TIMOR-THE HARSH BITE OF KINDNESS25 NO REPUBLIC; 26 2001-NOT A GREAT VINTAGE; 27 IRAQ; 28 ON BORROWED TIME; 29 WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN AND JULIA; 30 ORIGINS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX