Marcia Russell

Russell started out as a cadet reporter for the New Zealand Herald in 1959, then going on to found Thursday, a magazine in 1968.

In 1975, she joined South Pacific Television, presenting the television show Speakeasy and reporting for News at Ten.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10851314|title=Marcia Russell dies after short illness|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=2012-12-01|accessdate=2012-12-25}}

She went on to work on award-winning shows such as Landmarks (1981) and The New Zealand Wars (1998), for which she received an award in scriptwriting.

Russell died on 1 December 2012 after a short illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbnat/107388925-marcia-russell-dies-after-short-illness|title=Marcia Russell dies after short illness|publisher=newsalkzb.co.nz|last=Russell|first=Bruce|date=2012-12-01|accessdate=2012-12-25}}

In the 1996 New Year Honours, Russell was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to journalism.{{London Gazette |issue=54256 |date=30 December 1995 |page=34 |supp=2}} In 2003, she was the inaugural recipient of the Academy of Film and Television Lifetime Achievement Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/122366/leading-journalist-marcia-russell-dies|title=Radio New Zealand|publisher=radionz.co.nz|date=2012-12-02|access-date=2012-12-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.archivesearch.co.nz/?webid=onf&articleid=11702 |title=2003 New Zealand Television Awards |publisher=OnFilm |access-date=2012-12-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822202433/http://archivesearch.co.nz/?webid=ONF&articleid=11702 |archive-date=2011-08-22 }}

In 2014 Dame Rosie Horton and her husband established the Michael and Dame Rosie Horton Prize at the University of Auckland to remember Russell's life and career.{{Cite web|title=Michael and Dame Rosie Horton Prize - The University of Auckland|url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/scholarships-and-awards/find-a-scholarship/michael-and-dame-rosie-horton-prize-p985-art.html|access-date=2020-06-27|website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}

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