Allan Lee
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Radio and Digital producer, SBS News, Sydney. Views are my own, such as they are.
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Allan Lee’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I trained as an engineer but moved into production in the 1980s, starting by presenting a news magazine programme on commercial radio in Britain, joining the BBC, then emigrating to New Zealand where I was chief sub for Newstalk ZB for 12 happy years; I left to set up a TV news bulletin for Shine TV. During the time I set up an independent TV production company with my wife, and produced programmes that have been shown all over the world. In 2014 we moved to Australia to work on providing a fam…
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See all 8 answers →Have you ever used a typewriter?
I'm afraid so.
How is social media changing news?
It's made it much faster - if something happens, it often turns up on social media before traditional news outlets get a chance.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It's knowing what's happening, and trying to understand what it means. The first draft of history.