Sam Lipski
{{short description|Australian journalist}}
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| birth_name = Samuel Lipski
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| birth_date ={{birth year and age|1938}}
| education = University of Melbourne
| occupation = {{hlist|Executive|TV producer|reporter|writer}}
| known_for =Reporter and columnist {{bulleted|The Age|The Australian|The Bulletin|The Sydney Morning Herald
Four Corners as Executive producer|This Day Tonight}}
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Samuel Lipski {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 1938){{cite book |title=Who's Who in Australia |date=2019 |publisher=ConnectWeb |url=https://connectweb.com.au/pages/whos-who-in-australia.aspx}} is an Australian journalist.{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1892457|title=Interview with Sam Lipski, journalist and television producer|author=Frank Heimans|year=2000 }}
Biography and Career
Lipski was born in 1938
He has been editor-in-chief of the Australian Jewish News and has worked as a reporter and columnist for The Age, The Australian, The Bulletin and The Sydney Morning Herald. He was also Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, as well as The Australian. He also worked at a senior level in television, both for Channel 9 Melbourne and with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where he was executive producer of Four Corners and founding producer of This Day Tonight. He is chief executive of the Melbourne-based philanthropic Pratt Foundation{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/article/view_article.jsp?articleId=580|title=Summary of presentation by Mr Sam Lipski Chief Executive Officer, The Pratt Foundation|date=7 April 2003|work=The Communities in Control Conference}} and a former president of the State Library of Victoria.{{cite web|url=http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=110|title=Sam Lipski }} He was a commentator on Melbourne radio station 3AW.Margaret Campion, 3AW is Melbourne: 75 Years of Radio, PAMP, 1997.
Lipski was educated at University High School, Melbourne, the Institute for Youth Leadership, Jerusalem, and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1993 Lipski was honored with appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the media. Lipski was awarded a Centenary medal and in 2008 was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Monash University.{{cite web|url=http://www.monash.edu.au/news/monashmemo/stories/20081022/honorary.html|title=Sam Lipski receives honorary Monash degree|date=22 October 2008}}
He lives in Melbourne and has three children.
References
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External links
- http://www.samlipski.com/
- http://jewishnews.net.au/tag/sam-lipski Jewish News articles by Sam Lipski
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Category:Australian columnists
Category:Australian television producers
Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
Category:Journalists from Melbourne
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Australian chief executives
Category:People educated at University High School, Melbourne
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