Bill Tyson
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Bill Tyson is an Irish writer, producer and documentary maker.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/radio/contributor/1149325-documentary-maker-bill-tyson/?page=1|publisher=RTÉ Radio|title=Bill Tyson|date=24 June 2020|access-date=21 December 2022}} As of 2020, he was working with Dublin Community Television and the Irish Mail on Sunday. He previously worked for the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent.
Journalism
In 2000 and 2002, while working for the Irish Independent, Tyson won two ESB National Media Awards in the "Business & Finance" category.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/winners-of-media-awards-1.1113345|work=The Irish Times|title=Winners of media awards|date=2 November 2000|access-date=21 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/independent-business-writer-wins-media-prize-26032135.html|website=Irish Independent|title=Independent business writer wins media prize|first=Nicola|last=Anderson|date=24 October 2002|access-date=21 December 2022}} The 2002 award was for his "hard-hitting pieces relating to personal finances" and "his exposure of over-pricing by financial institutions". He won a further ESB National Media Award in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/winners-of-national-journalism-awards-announced-1.1164668|work=The Irish Times|title=Winners of national journalism awards announced|first=Carol|last=Coulter|date=3 November 2004|access-date=21 December 2022}}
In 2007, while working as a business correspondent for the Sunday Tribune, Tyson was shortlisted in the "Specialist Business Reporting" category of the inaugural UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120525135212/http://www.smurfitschool.ie/aboutsmurfit/news/newsarchive/title,6809,en.html Smurfitschool.ie – News Archive – Journalists honoured in Inaugural UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards – 7 November 2007] (archived 2012) In 2008, Tyson resigned from the Tribune "in solidarity with" the then business editor of the Sunday Tribune, who was reputedly sacked following a complaint from an advertiser about an unsigned article.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/tribune-business-editor-loses-post-after-article-1.979991|title='Tribune' business editor loses post after article|work=The Irish Times|date=8 November 2007|access-date=21 December 2022|first=Paul|last=Cullen}}
As of 2013, Tyson was a contributor to the RTÉ TV series "The Consumer Show".[https://presspack.rte.ie/2013/05/07/the-consumer-show-19/ RTE.ie – Press Pack – The Consumer Show – 7 May 2013] Since 2013, he has also been a columnist with the Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday titles.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
Producer
Tyson produced a short film, "Whatever Turns You On", which won several awards, including Best Short Short at the 2009 Aspen Shortsfest.{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282025&tpl=archnews&only=1|website=iftn.ie|title=Aspen Short Win for Declan Cassidy|date=9 April 2009|access-date=21 December 2022}} It was also short-listed for the Best Short Film award at the Boston Irish Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Also in 2009, the short film Veronique was released. It was written and produced by Tyson under the Irish Film Board's Virtual Cinema scheme.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn8Q8FyUTWM|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/gn8Q8FyUTWM|archive-date=2021-12-15|url-status=live|title=VERONIQUE|date=8 October 2009|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
By late 2020, Tyson had a production role on "Romancing Ireland", a six part series on sustainable food production for DCTV.{{cite web|url=http://romancingireland.com/mobile/index.html|title=RomancingIreland}} Tyson, who has an MA in screenwriting, also co-wrote and produced a four-hour television series for DCTV, The House.{{cite web|url=http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=825|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004174107/http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=825|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2011|title=DCTV » The House: An Innovative New Drama|date=4 October 2011}} He also produced another documentary for DCTV, titled A Century of Sailing, about the oldest sailing boats in the world still racing.{{cite web|url=http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=2141|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227015954/http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=2141|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2012|title=DCTV » Howth 17s: A Century of Sailing|date=27 February 2012}}
In 2020, Tyson produced "Nicolas Cruz Hernandez: Still Fighting", an RTÉ Radio 1 documentary about a Cuban who coached Ireland to Olympic boxing success.[https://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2020/0624/1149317-nicolas-cruz-hernandez-still-fighting/ RTE.ie – Nicolás Cruz Hernandez – Still Fighting]
Books
Tyson wrote and published a finance book, "Your Money", which was a top ten non-fiction best-seller several times between 1996 and 2004.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
A biography of Mayoman Admiral William Brown, written by the Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and translated by Bill Tyson, was published in 2006.{{cite book|title=Admiral William Brown: Liberator of the South Atlantic|first=Marcos|last=Aguinis|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Admiral Brown Society|isbn=0951962493}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mayobooks.ie/Admiral%20-%20Brown%20-%20Foxford%20-%20Argentina%20-%20Navy|website=mayobooks.ie|title=Admiral William Brown – Liberator of The South Atlantic|access-date=21 December 2022|quote=Admiral William Brown – Liberator of The South Atlantic [..] Marcos Aguinis Translated by Bill Tyson}}
References
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External links
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