Highly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales AM will take us on a tour of the journalism profession, from News Reporting to Editing, via Investigative, Commentary and of course Interviewing. In conversation with fellow journalist, David Penberthy she discusses her latest book, Storytellers. 

Leigh Sales is one of Australia’s most accomplished journalists, having anchored the ABC’s flagship 7.30 program for twelve years. She has been a foreign correspondent, hosted Lateline and anchored numerous elections for the ABC. In this book, she turns her interviewing skills onto her own profession, those usually asking the questions: the journalists. Storytellers includes Leigh's interviews with the cream of Australian journalists about their craft, including how (and why) they bring us the stories that inform our lives.

In ten sections, leaders in their field talk direct to us about how they get their leads, survive in war zones, write a profile, tell a story with pictures, and keep the show on the road. The book is who’s-who of Australian journalism – including Lisa Millar, Kate McClymont, Hedley Thomas, Trent Dalton, Benjamin Law, Tracy Grimshaw, Richard Fidler, David Speers, Stan Grant, Niki Savva, Waleed Aly, Annabel Crabb, Karl Stefanovic and Mia Freedman – talk candidly about their greatest lessons and their trade secrets. 

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

Click HERE to purchase a copy of Leigh Sales' new book Storytellers from Matilda Bookshop's website and choose Hawke Centre Events Free SA Postage as the delivery option. They will then deliver or post your book to SA addresses at no additional cost or it can be collected at the event on the night. 

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