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John Lyons (born 1961) is an Australian journalist. As of August 2024 Lyons is global affairs editor at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Early life and education
John Lyons was born in 1961.
Career
Lyons was editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, executive producer of the Sunday program on the Nine Network, and a foreign correspondent in the United States and Israel.
He was associate editor (digital) and a senior reporter at The Australian, before being appointed executive editor of ABC News and head of investigative journalism for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2017.
On 5 June 2019 Lyons live-tweeted when the Australian Federal Police raided the Sydney office of the ABC, the day after their raid on the home of Annika Smethurst. He reported that they had downloaded 9214 documents which then had to be assessed in terms of the warrant issued.
As of August 2024 Lyons is global affairs editor at the ABC.
Awards
Lyons won the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award in 1999 for his work with The Bulletin.
Lyins has won the following Walkley Awards:
1999, for Commentary, Analysis, Opinion & Critique, for his national affairs reporting for The Bulletin
2001, for Broadcast Interviewing for his television interviews on the Sunday
2014, for Investigative Journalism as part of a Four Corners team's reporting on the Israeli military's treatment of Palestinian children
In August 2024, at the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism, Lyons won the Journalist of the Year award, as well as
Outstanding Team Player or Mentor and Outstanding Feature Writing awards, for his reporting from the Middle East.
Books
In 2017 his memoir, Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir, was published by HarperCollins.
Lyons' book Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism's Toughest Assignment was published by Monash University Publishing in 2021.
Personal life
Lyons married Sylvie Le Clezio and they have one son. They live in Sydney.
References
External links
John Lyons on Twitter
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