Lin Buckfield

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Biography

Music

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Buckfield has also played with MisChalin and is currently a member of Sydney band The Bully Girls.[3]

Journalism

Buckfield started her television career in 1990 as a researcher, working on programs such as Street Stories and special projects.[4] In 1994, Buckfield joined Channel 7 as a reporter for the satirical news program The Times. When the program folded, she worked on the Peter Manning-led Witness program, fronted by Jana Wendt.[4] In 2000, she became a reporter/producer for Four Corners going on to win five Walkley Awards with the program, including a Gold Walkley in 2006.[5][6] Since 2008, Buckfield has been the series producer for the ABC-TV series, Q&A.[7]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions
AUS
1985 "R.O.C.K." (with James Reyne) 44

See also

Awards and nominations

Countdown Australian Music Awards

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.[8][9]

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 herself Most Popular Female Performer Nominated

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Walkley Award

  • 2000 Walkley Award (All Media) – Coverage of Indigenous Affairs, Go to Jail, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Liz Jackson)
  • 2000 Walkley Award (All Media) – Coverage of Sport, Fixing Cricket,[10] Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (with Liz Jackson & Peter Cronau)
  • 2005 Walkley Award (All Media) – International Journalism The Kilwa Incident,[11] Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Sally Neighbour and Jo Puccini)
  • 2006 Walkley Award (Gold Walkley) – Stoking the Fires, Four Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Liz Jackson and Peter Cronau)[12]
  • 2006 Walkley Award (All Media) – Coverage of the Asia-Pacific Region, Stoking the Fires, Four Corners, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Liz Jackson)

References

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