Sommer, Eva

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Journalist and Print Journalist
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-752090

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Eva Sommer was an inaugural Walkley award winner in 1956 when she was a cadet on the Sydney Sun newspaper. A mystery stowaway had been travelling with other migrants on ships between Europe and Australia but had been unable to land because he could not remember his identity. Sommer, who spoke French and German, interviewed him and helped establish his identity, winning the best news story in the first year of the Walkley award.

  • c. 1955 - c. 1960 Career in journalism active
  • 1956 Walkley Award (Print) - Best Piece Of Newspaper Reporting, 'The Mystery Stowaway', The Sun (Sydney)

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  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

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  1. Historical Faculty Files
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