Age, Biography and Wiki
Margaret Simons was born on 1960-05- in United Kingdom, is an Australian academic, journalist and author. Discover Margaret Simons's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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| Occupation |
Journalist, academic, author |
| Age |
64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
1960-05-, 1960 |
| Birthday |
1960-05- |
| Birthplace |
United Kingdom |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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She is a member of famous Journalist with the age 64 years old group.
Margaret Simons Height, Weight & Measurements
At 64 years old, Margaret Simons height not available right now. We will update Margaret Simons's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Margaret Simons Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Margaret Simons worth at the age of 64 years old? Margaret Simons’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Margaret Simons's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Journalist |
Margaret Simons Social Network
Timeline
Margaret Simons (born 1960) is an Australian academic, freelance journalist and author.
She has written numerous articles and essays as well as many books, including a biography of Senate leader of the Australian Labor Party, Penny Wong and Australian minister for the environment Tanya Plibersek.
Her essay Fallen Angels won the Walkley Award for Social Equity Journalism.
She is an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.
Simons was born in the UK in 1960.
Simons has a doctorate in creative arts from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Simons was a finalist for a Walkley Award for journalism in 2007 for the story Buried in the Labyrinth, about the release of a paedophile into the community, published in Griffith Review.
Her book The Content Makers – Understanding the Future of the Australian Media (2007) was longlisted for the 2008 Walkley Book Award for non-fiction.
In 2010, Simons co-founded, with Melissa Sweet, the community-funded news site YouComm News, run by the Public Interest Journalism Foundation based at Swinburne University of Technology.
At this time, she was a research fellow at the Institute of Social Research at Swinburne, and also a Senior Associate of RMIT University.
She was the media reporter for Crikey and has been a regular media commentator in The Guardian. She has also written for The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, and The Monthly.
For many years, she wrote the "Earthmother" gardening column for The Australian, and has also written gardening book and novels.
She was director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism and coordinator of the Master of Journalism degree at the University of Melbourne from 2012 to 2017, and served as Associate Professor of journalism at Monash University between 2017 and 2019.
In 2015 she won the Walkley Award for Social Equity Journalism for her essay Fallen Angels, published in The Monthly.
The essay is an investigation of sex tourism in the Philippines and the children that have been abandoned there by their Australian fathers.
The award was shared with photographer Dave Tacon.
From 2018 to 2021, Simons was a Director and Chair of Research at the Public Interest Journalism Initiative.
, Simons is an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University.
Her biography of Penny Wong, Senate leader of the Australian Labor Party, was longlisted for the 2020 Walkley Book Award.
