Graham Reid (journalist)

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Graham Reid
Born
Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Author
  • Broadcaster
  • Arts educator
Website elsewhere.co.nz

Graham Reid is a New Zealand journalist, author, broadcaster, and arts educator. His music and film reviews have appeared in The New Zealand Herald since the late 1980s. His website, Elsewhere, provides features and reports on music, film, travel and other cultural issues. He is the author of two travel books, published by Random House.

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Career

Reid was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, as was his mother; [1] his father grew up in New Zealand, the son of Scottish immigrants. [2] Reid was the founding editor of Passages magazine. [3] He then worked as a journalist with The New Zealand Herald for seventeen years before leaving to become a freelance writer [4] in 2004. [5] He has been recognised for his excellence in the field of journalism, as a multiple winner at the annual Qantas Media Awards and Cathay Pacific's travel awards. [6] In 2003, he won the United Nations Association of Australia's Media Peace Award for his coverage of the volatile political situation in the Solomon Islands. [6]

Reid was the New Zealand correspondent for Billboard magazine for five years. [3] He has participated in music-related programs for Radio New Zealand, [7] among other work as a commentator on radio. [4] Since 2010, he has appeared as a presenter and featured writer at the Creative Hub, located at Auckland's Waterfront Writing Centre. [4] In November 2012, he hosted a pop culture event titled "Shooting the Beatles and Creating the Sixties" at the Auckland Art Gallery. [8]

When announcing Reid's choice for the top albums of 2013, Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) wrote of him as the "prodigious reviewer Graham Reid of Elsewhere". [9] His website Elsewhere covers a variety of arts-related topics, [4] including jazz and world music. The music journalism archive Rock's Backpages describes it as "a New Zealand on-line magazine about music, travel and the arts". [10]

Reid continues to write articles and music, film and book reviews for the Herald. [11] He has also written for the New Zealand Listener , [12] The Australian , Metro, Art News, Real Groove , Idealog, Life and Leisure and Weekend magazine. [3] In AUT University's 2013 study of The New Zealand Herald, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the newspaper's founding, Reid was named among six "terrific contributors to a masthead which symbolises the Auckland establishment". [13]

His first book was Postcards from Elsewhere, which won the 2006 Whitcoulls' Travel Book of the Year award. In 2010, his book The Idiot Boy Who Flew was the winner of Whitcoulls' annual Readers' Choice Award. [3] As an educator, Reid has lectured in journalism and feature writing at AUT, and in contemporary music at the University of Auckland. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Reid, Graham (4 December 2004). "Family matters". Public Address. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Reid, Graham (24 January 2011). "Dumfries, Scotland: Oor Rab". Elsewhere. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Morph Non-Fiction Writers Workshop > 'About Graham Reid'". Creative People's Centre. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tutors and Presenters – The Creative Hub". The Creative Hub. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "About Graham Reid". Public Address. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "About award-winning travel, arts and music writer Graham Reid". Elsewhere. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Playing favourites with Graham Reid". Radio New Zealand. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Who Shot Rock & Roll: Graham Reid on Shooting the Beatles and Creating the Sixties". Auckland Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "IMNZ charts to January 2, 2014: Happy New Year! > 'International and industry action'". Independent Music New Zealand. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "elsewhere.co.nz articles, interviews and reviews". Rock's Backpages . Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Graham Reid – NZ Herald". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Graham Reid". New Zealand Listener . Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dr Wayne Hope on NZ Herald's Past". The Standard. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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