- Gerald Stone
Gerald Louis Stone is an American-born Australian television and radio journalist, television executive and author.
Early years
Raised in
Columbus,_Ohio , Stone graduated inpolitical science fromCornell University and in1957 started work as a copy boy for theNew York Times .In 1962 he emigrated to
Australia .Journalism
Newspaper work
Stone reported for
News Limited inVietnam in the late 1960's, and also covered the AustralianMoree "Freedom Rides" for the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror.Editor of the Bulletin
Stone was editor-in-chief of
the Bulletin from 1995-1998.Television
This Day Tonight
He first appeared on
This Day Tonight in 1967.News director for the Nine network
By 1975 Stone was news director for the
Nine Network .A May 10, 2007 newspaper report in the Daily Telegraph stated that in August 1975 Stone
:"... went to Dili with
Kerry Packer and cameraman Brian Peters, one of those later killed.":"Mr Stone said he and Mr Peters came under fire and Nine boss Mr Packer's voice could be heard on tape shouting: 'Come back."'
ixty Minutes
He was the first executive producer of the successful Australian version of "60 Minutes", which made television stars of Ray Martin,
Jana Wendt andGeorge Negus .Fox
Stone served as head of current affairs for
Rupert Murdoch 'sFox Network in New York.Channel 7
He returned to Australia to take up the position of network head of current affairs for Channel 7.
BS deputy chairman
Stone was appointed a deputy chairman of
SBS .Personal life
Stone lives on Sydney's lower North Shore.
Books
War Without Honour
War Without Honour -
The Jacaranda Press , NSW, 1966Compulsive viewing
Compulsive viewing -
Penguin Books , Victoria, 2001ingo - Mates, Wives, Triumphs, Disasters
Singo - Mates, Wives, Triumphs, Disasters
Harper Collins , 20021932: A Hell of a Year
1932: A Hell of a Year -
Pan Macmillan Australia: Melbourne, 2005 ISBN 140503677Who Killed Channel 9?
Who Killed Channel 9? - Macmillan Australia 2007 ISBN 9781405038157
External links
* [http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s638157.htm Gerald Stone on the launch of "Singo"]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/20/1047749876953.html It's time to turn off, tune out and drop President Bush a message]
* [http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=search&complete1=true&attribute1=subject&term1=Stone%2C+Gerald. photographs]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/ras/article/viewFile/416/448 review of "1932: A Hell of a Year" (pdf)]
* [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21701039-5001021,00.html Balibo deaths 'a cover-up']
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