Chip Le Grand

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Chip Le Grand (born Homer Eugene Le Grand, V) [1] [2] is an Australian journalist who lives in Melbourne. He worked for 25 years for The Australian newspaper, writing about national affairs, sport, politics and crime. In August 2019, he joined The Age newspaper as its chief reporter. [3]

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He is the winner of the Walkley Book Award for The Straight Dope, [4] [5] the inside story of the Essendon and Cronulla doping scandals, published in 2015 by Melbourne University Publishing. [6]

His writing was included in an anthology of sports newspaper writing, The Best Australian Sports Writing, 2002. [7]

His 2022 book Lockdown about Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic garnered substantial reviews in major Australian publications. [8] [9] [10] He was awarded the June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism in 2022 for his reviews for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald . [11]

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Critical studies and reviews of Le Grand's work

Lockdown

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References

  1. "Demetriou taunts reporter on air" . The Australian . 13 September 2013.
  2. "Homer Le Grand, Jr. Obituary (2017) - Shelby, NC - Charlotte Observer". Legacy.com . Chip Le Grand represents the 5th generation of "Homer Eugene Le Grand"s in North Carolina. Chip's father Homer Eugene Le Grand (1944–2017) was an American-Australian historian of science.
  3. The Age, 13 July 2019, p. 3.
  4. "Chip Le Grand's The Straight Dope: The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal wins 2015 Walkley Book Award". The Booktopian. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. Ryan, Tom (10 July 2015). "The Straight Dope review: The supplements villainy that comes in shades of grey". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. The Straight Dope: the inside story of sport's biggest drug scandal, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 23 June 2015, retrieved 1 October 2022
  7. Hutchinson, G. (Ed.) 2002, The Best Australian Sports Writing, Black Inc., Melbourne.
  8. Stears, Marc (23 September 2022). "How did it come to this? A searing portrait of those who steered us through COVID-19". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. Jack, David (12 September 2022). "David Jack reviews "Lockdown" by Chip Le Grand". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. WF, James (18 September 2022). "Chip le Grand, journalist at The Age, new book, Lockdown". Saturday Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. "Arts Journalism Prizes". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 24 October 2022.