Jack Waterford
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Jack Waterford (John Edward Waterford) is a distinguished Australian journalist and commentator who is now editor-at-large of the Canberra Times. A law graduate from the Australian National University, he began his journalism career as a cadet with the Canberra Times in 1972, being appointed editor in 1995. Waterford is well-known for his investigative journalism using Freedom of Information legislation and for his work on the national trachoma and eye health program. He has delivered papers at many public forums and written book chapters on areas as diverse as press freedom, the High Court of Australia, public administration and the Petrov affair. He received the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year award in 1985 and was appointed to a Jefferson Fellowship at the East-West Center in 1987. He is a board member of the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre. In 2007 he was named a Member of the Order of Australia (A.M.) in the Australia Day honours, "for service to journalism, particularly as a commentator on national politics, the law, to raising debate on ethical issues and public sector accountability, and to the community in the area of Indigenous affairs".[1] In March 2007, Waterford was named Canberra Citizen of the Year. [2]
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