Light, Deborah

Field of activity
Editor, Journalist and Print Journalist
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-738058

Biographies

Deborah Light has an illustrious career in print journalism. She is a former business, features and news editor at the Sydney Morning Herald, and was the first woman in Australia to head a major newspaper, in the form of the Australian Financial Review. She has also written for the Bulletin.

  • c. 1980 - Career in journalism active
  • 1990 Walkley Award (Print) - Best Feature, 'The Secret Society which sank Australia' - Highly Commended - The Sydney Morning Herald - Fairfax (with Colleen Ryan and Paul McGeogh)

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Resources for Deborah Light

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Australian Women's Register

  1. The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html

Resources by Deborah Light (247)

  1. Steve Vizard [Interview of Steve Vizard by Light, Deborah]
    Light, Deborah
    Bulletin (Sydney)
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.759)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.759)

  2. Kathy Sharpe, Regional newspaper editor: lunch with Deborah Light
    Light, Deborah
    Bulletin (Sydney)
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.995)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.995)

  3. Market force [Interview with Roger Corbett by Deborah Light]
    Light, Deborah
    Bulletin (Sydney)
    [ Article : 2000 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.992)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.992)

  4. Christine Nixon.(Lunch With Deborah Light)(Biography)(Column)
    Light, Deborah
    The Bulletin with Newsweek
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.976)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.976)

  5. Charmaine Solomon. Lunch with Deborah Light [Interview with cooking legend, Charmaine Solomon]
    Light, Deborah
    Bulletin (Sydney)
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.814)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.814)

  6. Lunch with Deborah Light [Interview with Christine Nixon, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner]
    Light, Deborah
    Bulletin (Sydney)
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.814)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.814)

  7. The cutting edge: the cash, perks and bonuses for many executives are shrinking. Deborah Light reports on an inevitable trend.(Business and Investing)(Statistical Data Included)
    Light, Deborah
    The Bulletin with Newsweek
    [ Article : 2001 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.433)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.433)

  8. Bully ploy: it is a sad indictment on difficult economic times that the workplace bully is flourishing. Deborah Light reports on a distrubing corporate phenomenon.(Business and Investing)
    Light, Deborah
    The Bulletin with Newsweek
    [ Article : 2001 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.433)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.433)

  9. Shop flaws: department stores the world over are feeling the pinch. Two major Australian retailers are attacking the problem in vastly different ways. Deborah Light reports on their strategies.(Business and Investing)
    Light, Deborah
    The Bulletin with Newsweek
    [ Article : 2002 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.252)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.252)

  10. Banks face identity crisis
    Light, Deborah
    Australian Business
    [ Article : 1981 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.884)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.884)

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Resources about Deborah Light (1)

  1. Chamber of Manufactures' Industry Awards 1981, Hilton Hotel, Sydney
    Sharpe, Ray O. (Photographer, Australian Photographic Agency, 1977-)
    [ Photograph : 1981 ]
    View online
    At State Library of NSW
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.444)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.444)

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  1. Physics Labs and Activities
    Deborah Carder
    [ Unpublished : 2005-2007 ]
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  1. Language, memory, and aging / edited by Leah L. Light and Deborah M. Burke
    Burke, Deborah M
    [ Book : 1988 ]
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    Todd, Deborah, 1957-
    [ Book : 2007 ]
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  3. Realm of light / Deborah Chester
    Chester, Deborah
    [ Book : 1997 ]
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  4. Northern Light : its epic Arctic-Antarctic sailing voyage / Rolf Bjelke, Deborah Shapiro
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    [ Book : 1986 ]
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  1. Painting outdoor shadows in pastel with Deborah Secor / with Deborah Secor ; North Light Media presents an artistsnetwork.tv production
    North Light Media (Firm)
    [ Video : 2008 ]
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  2. A finer end / Deborah Crombie
    Crombie, Deborah
    [ Book, Audio book : 2001-2003 ]
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    At 34 libraries
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  3. And justice there is none / Deborah Crombie
    Crombie, Deborah
    [ Book, Audio book : 2002-2006 ]
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  4. In the dark / Deborah Moggach
    Moggach, Deborah
    [ Book, Audio book : 2007-2008 ]
    At 54 libraries
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  1. Website: Deborah Conway
    www.deborahconway.com
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    www.womenaustralia.info
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    [ Article : 1982-2008 ]
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  2. A light touch.(jewelry designer Deborah Hamm)
    Oriel, Andy
    Lapidary Journal
    [ Article : 1998 ]
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  3. A light side of Alzheimer's?(Deborah Hoffman, who made film about Alzheimer's disease)(Interview)
    Silver, Marc
    U.S. News & World Report
    [ Article : 1995 ]
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  4. Heiligman, Deborah. Celebrate Hanukkah with Light, Latkes, and Dreidels.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
    Weisman, Kay
    Booklist
    [ Article : 2006 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.922)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.922)

  1. FINANCE AND COMMERCE LIGHT TRADING ON 'CHANGE Nth. Deborah Up 3/
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 9 September 1940 p 8 Article
    ... I FINANCE AND COMMERCE LIGHT TRADING | ON 'CHANGE j I Nth. Deborah Up 3/ j Accompanied by light ... North Deborah A promising develop- ment in the mine is reported from Ben- digo Central Deborah gained 1 3 Golden Carshalton Gd , and South Deborah 9d j ... 167 words
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.681)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.681)

  2. Share Market Business Light All Round North Deborah Rise To 95/- Buyer
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Wednesday 20 November 1940 p 12 Article
    ... Share Market Business Light All Round North Deborah Rise To 95/- Buyer Trading opened quietly on ... aggregate turnover was light. Commonwealth loans were in dined to weaken, and industrials, and Barriers moved irregularly. In the gold section North Deborah rose sharply in quota tion. Loans were ... 307 words
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  3. FINANCE AND COMMERCE LIGHT TRADING IN STEADY CHANGE MARKET N. Deborah 88/6 YESTERDAY'S MELBOURNE SALES Rises
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 7 January 1942 p 4 Article
    ... ! FINANCE AND COMMERCE LIGHT TRADING IN STEADY 'CHANGE MARKET N. Deborah 88/6 YESTERDAY'S MELBOURNE SALES Rises Turnover. Price. Rise. 3Î, 1951 £300 £100/5/ 2/6 3¡¡, 1954 1,120 107/11/3 107/12/6 1/3 ... Cocks Eldor. 200 7/ 0/6 Nth. Deborah 100 88/6 1/6 . Falls Turnover. Price. Fall. JJ,'1956 £15,900 ... 237 words
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.21)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.21)