David Dale (author)
{{Short description|Australian journalist and author}}
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| name = David Dale
| birth_place = Australia
| birth_date ={{birth year and age|1948}}
| education = Sydney University
| occupation = {{hlist|Author|journalist/travel writer|television commentator|lecturer|international correspondent|political reporter|radio broadcaster}}
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David Dale (born 1948) is an Australian Walkley Award-winning author, journalist/travel writer, television commentator, lecturer, international correspondent, political reporter and radio broadcaster
Career
Dale graduated from Sydney University with an honours degree in psychology before pursuing journalism. He writes on travel, food and popular culture for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, does media commentary for the ABC and teaches Media at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Dale created the satire column "Stay in Touch" for The Sydney Morning Herald in 1981 and edited it for four years before being appointed the paper's New York correspondent in 1986. He wrote The Tribal Mind media column for 20 years. He won a Walkley Award in 1984 for a feature called The Italian Waiters Conspiracy. He has also served as a political reporter for The Australian, a sub-editor for General Practitioner (London), features editor of "The Sydney Morning Herald", editor of The Bulletin and broadcaster for ABC radio and 2GB Sydney.
Bibliography
- {{cite book |title= Coastline – The shared food of Mediterranean France, Italy and Spain |year= 2017 |publisher= Murdoch Books |isbn= 978-1-74336-734-6}}
- {{cite book |title= Anatolia – Adventures in Turkish Cooking |year= 2015 |publisher= Murdoch Books |isbn= 978-1-74336-081-1}}
- {{cite book |title= The Art of Pasta |year= 2011 |publisher= Penguin |isbn= 978-1-921382-28-4}}
- {{cite book |title= The Little Book of Australia – A snapshot of who we are |year= 2010 |publisher= Allen & Unwin |isbn= 978-1-74237-211-2}}
- {{cite book |title= Buon Ricordo: How to make your home a great restaurant |year= 2009 |publisher= Allen & Unwin |isbn= 978-1-74175-727-9}}
- {{cite book |title= Lucio's Ligurian Kitchen: The food of the Italian Riviera |year= 2008 |publisher= Allen & Unwin |isbn= 978-1-74175-077-5}}
- {{cite book |title= Soffritto: A delicious Ligurian memoir |year= 2007 |publisher= Allen & Unwin |isbn= 978-1-74175-076-8}}
- {{cite book |title= Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today |year= 2006 |publisher= Allen & Unwin |isbn= 978-1-74175-087-4}}
- {{cite book |title= The Perfect Journey |year= 2001 |publisher= Pan Macmillan |isbn= 0-330-36280-1}}
- {{cite book |title= The 100 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Italy |year= 1998 |publisher= Pan Macmillan |isbn= 0-330-36083-3 }}
- {{cite book |title= The 100 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Australia |year= 1997 |publisher= Pan Macmillan |isbn= 0-330-36054-X }}
- {{cite book |title= Essential Places |year= 1996 |publisher= Pan Macmillan |isbn= 978-0-330-35858-3}}
- {{cite book |title= The Obsessive Traveller, or Why I don't steal towels from great hotels any more |year= 1991 |publisher= Angus and Robertson |isbn= 0-207-16991-8}}
- {{cite book |title= An Australian in America: First Impressions & Second Thoughts on the World's Strangest Nation |year= 1989 |publisher= Salem House Publishers |isbn= 0-318-41611-5}}
- {{cite book |title= The Official Foodie Handbook – Australian edition |year= 1985 |publisher= Doubleday |isbn= 0-86824-165-2}}
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Category:Australian freelance journalists
Category:Australian travel writers
Category:The Sydney Morning Herald people
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