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Michelle Grattan was born on 30 June, 1944 in Kew, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian journalist (born 1944). Discover Michelle Grattan'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 79 years old?

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Occupation Journalist, author, newspaper editor
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June, 1944
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace Kew, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1944

Michelle Grattan (born 30 June 1944) is an Australian journalist who was the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper.

Specialising in political journalism, she has written for and edited many significant Australian newspapers.

She is currently the chief political correspondent with The Conversation, Australia's largest independent news website.

Grattan was educated in Kew, Victoria at Ruyton Girls' School.

She completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, majoring in politics, and then worked as a tutor at Monash University for a period before deciding to pursue journalism as a career.

1970

Grattan was recruited by The Age newspaper in 1970, and joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 1971.

1976

In 1976, she was appointed the Chief Political Correspondent for The Age, a position she would hold until 1993.

1988

In 1988, Grattan was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award.

1993

After leaving The Age in 1993, Grattan was appointed the Editor of The Canberra Times, becoming the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australia.

After two years in this position she was sacked and returned to The Age, where she became the political editor.

1996

In 1996, Grattan joined The Australian Financial Review as a senior writer, and three years later, was appointed Chief Political Correspondent at The Sydney Morning Herald.

2002

She returned to The Age in 2002 as a columnist, and was made Political Editor and Bureau Chief in 2004.

In 2002 she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

2004

In the Australia Day Honours in 2004, Grattan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her long and distinguished service to Australian journalism.

2006

She won a Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership in 2006.

She is an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland's School of Journalism and Communication.

2013

On 4 February 2013 she announced her resignation from The Age to take up a position as professorial fellow at the University of Canberra.

and to become the Chief Political Correspondent of The Conversation.

Grattan has co-authored several books, including Can Ministers Cope?, Back on the Wool Track and Reformers, and has edited collections such as Australian Prime Ministers and Reconciliation.

2017

Grattan was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Sydney in 2017.