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Marcia Russell
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Marcia Grace Russell OBE (1940 – 1 December 2012) was a New Zealand journalist and documentary-maker.
Biography
Russell started out as a cadet reporter for the New Zealand Herald in 1959, then going on to found Thursday, a magazine in 1968.[1]
In 1975, she joined South Pacific Television, presenting the television show Speakeasy and reporting for News at Ten.[2]
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.[1]
Recognition
In the 1996 New Year Honours, Russell was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to journalism.[3] In 2003, she was the inaugural recipient of the Academy of Film and Television Lifetime Achievement Award.[4][5]
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.[6]
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Publications
- Revolution: New Zealand from Fortress to Free Market. Hodder Moa Beckett. 1996. ISBN 978-1869584283.
References
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