Samantha Maiden | |
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 Maiden accepts Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year award in March 2022. | |
| Born | Samantha Louise Maiden |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of South Australia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Gold Walkley (2021) Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year (2021) |
Samantha Louise Maiden is an Australian political journalist. She is currently political editor for news.com.au, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia.
Maiden was born in Adelaide. [1]
As a student at the University of Adelaide in 1992, she edited On Dit , the student newspaper. [2]
Maiden has worked as a journalist since 1994. [1]
She moved to Canberra to work as a political correspondent in 1998. She wrote for a number of News Corp Sunday papers, including The Sunday Telegraph , Sunday Herald Sun and Sunday Mail . [1] Maiden was known for breaking exclusive political stories for News Corp papers. [3] She also appeared as a commentator on television news programs, including Today and Pyne & Marles . [4]
In 2016, Maiden said that Peter Dutton, the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, had inadvertently sent a text message describing her as a "mad fucking witch" directly to her, instead of a colleague, after Maiden wrote a critical opinion piece. [5] The "witch incident" became internationally significant when Marvel's dark hero Jessica Jones tweeted encouragement to Maiden "welcoming her to the club (of mad fucking witches)". [6]
She joined Sky News Australia as political reporter in 2017, first appearing on 30 January 2017. [7] She resigned from Sky News in June 2018. [8]
She then wrote for the online newspaper The New Daily .[ citation needed ]
In April 2020 Maiden returned to News Corp Australia as political editor of its news website news.com.au. [2]
On 6 April 2016, Maiden pleaded guilty to a drink driving charge and two "fail to obey police" charges in Goulburn Local Court, having recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.136 on 20 March 2016. [3] On 18 May 2016, Maiden was given a 12-month good behaviour bond, disqualified from driving for seven months, and fined $1000. [13]
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