Frank Devine

Frank Devine (17 December 1931 – 3 July 2009)^[1] was a New Zealand–born Australian newspaper editor and journalist. Devine was born in the South Island city of Blenheim and started his career there aged 17 as a cadet on the Marlborough Express.^[1] In 1953, Devine worked for West Australian Newspapers in Perth, contributing to the Western Mail. He later worked as a foreign correspondent in New York, London and Tokyo^[1] before returning to Perth as editor of the Weekend News in 1970.^[2] In 1971, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Australian Reader's Digest. After ten years, he transferred to a senior editorial position at the Digest in New York.^[3]

Remaining in the United States, Devine was appointed editor at the Chicago Sun-Times by Rupert Murdoch.^[4] In 1986, he left Chicago to take on the role of editor at the New York Post.^[5] In later life, Devine was a columnist and editor of The Australian.^[1] He contributed a monthly column for Quadrant from 2002 to 2009; he prepared a collection of these columns, Older and Wiser,^[6] just before he died.

He married Jacqueline Magee in April 1959, with whom he had three children.^[4][1] The eldest, Miranda Devine, has been a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph.^[7]

Bibliography

Books

• Devine, Frank (2009). Older and wiser : essays by Frank Devine 2002-2009. Balmain, NSW: Quadrant Books.

Articles

• Devine, Frank (July–August 2003). "Ranting and raving about America". Quadrant. 47 (7–8 [398]): 60–62.