Alan Oakley (journalist)

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Alan Oakley is an English-born Australian journalist.

Oakley worked as a journalist for the London Daily Express , before emigrating to Australia in 1985, to work for the Sydney Daily Telegraph . [1] He later edited the Herald Sun in Melbourne, and The Sunday Telegraph in Sydney, before working as a media and public relations consultant at Buchan Consulting in Melbourne. [2] Oakley later became editor-in-chief and publisher of Newcastle Newspapers (overseeing publications including The Newcastle Herald , The Newcastle Post group and The Central Coast Sun Weekly) and Melbourne's Sunday Age .

He was editor of The Sydney Morning Herald from September 2005 until December 2008. In March 2009 he joined News Limited in the role of national editor, features. [3]

Notes

  1. "Oakley appointed Herald's new editor". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 September 2005. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  2. "Can Alan Oakley save the SMH?". 29 September 2005.
  3. Sally Jackson (4 March 2009). "Ex-SMH editor Oakley rejoins News Ltd". The Australian . Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2009.


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