GEORGE and KIRSTY
Journalists George Negus and Kirsty Cockburn formed Negus Media in 1988 collaborating on several films and books. They had moved to the Australian bush to start a family and professional restructure both departing their television jobs with Channel Nine - George as co-host of Today Show (after almost a decade as a founding reporter on 60 Minutes) and Kirsty as a Midday Show reporter/producer after many years as a national print journalist.
In 2007, George hosts the SBS flagship current affairs program, Dateline, on Wednesdays at 830pm.
*SBS website has further details
NMI manages other media work from its Sydney & Bellingen offices. As time permits, George enjoys conference facilitating and public speaking for business & government. Enquiries can be made via their rural office or by emailing Kirsty.
This website attempts to streamline access to some of the information you might need if requesting their services including the ability to download from our photographic library and to locate CV material.
George's recent network television work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation included trends and issues program, George Negus Tonight; live-to-air public discussion hour, Australia Talks and global reporting as host of Foreign Correspondent.
KIRSTY COCKBURN - Kirsty administers/manages Negus Media International.
Kirsty and George's partnership has long extended to the professional with Kirsty's management of George's complex public and professional commitments via NMI. Their collaboration was a natural one. It followed her journalistic career spanning twenty years in print and television with national Australian media organizations including the Herald group and Channel Nine.
Kirsty inherited NMI's business management: financing, executive production and marketing of several independent documentaries featuring George Negus. Together with George, she developed and wrote a series of Penguin-published children's books called Trev the Truck based in rural Australia.
All photographs including the cover of The World From Italy and The World From Islam were taken by Kirsty who also assists George with research and logistics.
"Although Negus on food and football animates the book with vivid colour, his descriptions are augmented by some superbly narrative photographs from his partner, journalist Kirsty Cockburn." Canberra Sunday Times.
Career highlights include her award winning reporting of Southern Australia's devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires; mini-documentaries on The Midday Show; bureau correspondent and feature writer in several Australian states; and since 1984, her ongoing research of the life of pianist David Helfgott (subject of international movie, Shine).
Her current activities also include bush regeneration; an aniseed myrtle plantation (www.aniseedmyrtle.com) as well as work with community and educational (including Italian!) organizations.
NEGUS MEDIAINTERNATIONAL SERVICES TRAVERSE THE SPECTRUM OF COMMUNICATION
Television --
reporting, presentation, interviewing, writing, production, research,
program development and consultancy
Print -- newspaper and
magazines articles, comment, reaction
Radio -- interviews,
comment, program development
Politics and Contemporary Issues
-- independent interpretation and analysis
International Affairs --
political , economic, social development, analysis and trends
Information Technology and Multi Media
-- trends, techniques and responses
Globalisation and Beyond
Advice and Consultancy
-- on all of the above.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Kirsty Cockburn
Email:
Sydney Office:
Ph: (61) 2 9818 3537
Fax: (61) 2 9818 3854
CONTACT Kirsty Wilson
(Sydney Publicity Manager Network Ten)
1 Saunders St, Pyrmont NSW
Ph: 02 9650 1102
Email: Kiwilson@networkten.com.au
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