Bill Tyson

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Bill Tyson is an Irish writer, producer and documentary maker. [1] As of 2020, he was working with Dublin Community Television and the Irish Mail on Sunday . [1] He previously worked for the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent. [2] [3]

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Journalism

In 2000 and 2002, while working for the Irish Independent, Tyson won two ESB National Media Awards in the "Business & Finance" category. [4] [3] The 2002 award was for his "hard-hitting pieces relating to personal finances" and "his exposure of over-pricing by financial institutions". [3] He won a further ESB National Media Award in 2004. [5]

In 2007, while working as a business correspondent for the Sunday Tribune, Tyson was shortlisted in the "Specialist Business Reporting" category of the inaugural UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards. [6] In 2008, Tyson resigned from the Tribune "in solidarity with" the then business editor of the Sunday Tribune, who was reputedly sacked following a complaint from an advertiser about an unsigned article. [2]

As of 2013, Tyson was a contributor to the RTÉ TV series "The Consumer Show". [7] Since 2013, he has also been a columnist with the Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday titles.[ citation needed ]

Producer

Tyson produced a short film, "Whatever Turns You On", which won several awards, [1] including Best Short Short at the 2009 Aspen Shortsfest. [8] It was also short-listed for the Best Short Film award at the Boston Irish Film Festival.[ citation needed ] Also in 2009, the short film Veronique was released. It was written and produced by Tyson under the Irish Film Board's Virtual Cinema scheme. [8] [9]

By late 2020, Tyson had a production role on "Romancing Ireland", a six part series on sustainable food production for DCTV. [10] Tyson, who has an MA in screenwriting, [1] also co-wrote and produced a four-hour television series for DCTV, The House. [11] He also produced another documentary for DCTV, titled A Century of Sailing, about the oldest sailing boats in the world still racing. [12]

In 2020, Tyson produced "Nicolas Cruz Hernandez: Still Fighting", an RTÉ Radio 1 documentary about a Cuban who coached Ireland to Olympic boxing success. [13]

Books

Tyson wrote and published a finance book, "Your Money", which was a top ten non-fiction best-seller several times between 1996 and 2004.[ citation needed ]

A biography of Mayoman Admiral William Brown, written by the Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and translated by Bill Tyson, was published in 2006. [14] [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bill Tyson". RTÉ Radio. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Cullen, Paul (8 November 2007). "'Tribune' business editor loses post after article". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Anderson, Nicola (24 October 2002). "Independent business writer wins media prize". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Winners of media awards". The Irish Times. 2 November 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Coulter, Carol (3 November 2004). "Winners of national journalism awards announced". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Smurfitschool.ie – News Archive – Journalists honoured in Inaugural UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards – 7 November 2007 (archived 2012)
  7. ↑ RTE.ie – Press Pack – The Consumer Show – 7 May 2013
  8. 1 2 "Aspen Short Win for Declan Cassidy". iftn.ie. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "VERONIQUE". 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "RomancingIreland".
  11. ↑ "DCTV » The House: An Innovative New Drama". 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "DCTV » Howth 17s: A Century of Sailing". 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.
  13. ↑ RTE.ie – Nicolás Cruz Hernandez – Still Fighting
  14. ↑ Aguinis, Marcos (1 January 2006). Admiral William Brown: Liberator of the South Atlantic. Admiral Brown Society. ISBN   0951962493.
  15. ↑ "Admiral William Brown – Liberator of The South Atlantic". mayobooks.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2022. Admiral William Brown – Liberator of The South Atlantic [..] Marcos Aguinis Translated by Bill Tyson
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