10/09/2019
Danger winners: congratulations Bob Bottom and Hedley Thomas - both recognised on Friday at the Sydney Crime Writers Festival. Hedley won the Danger Prize for his influential podcast 'Teacher's Pet' (50 million+ downloads) about the 1982 disappearance of Lyn Dawson. Bob, described by festival chair Michael Duffy as 'a journalistic superhero' who 'in his books and journalism in the 1970s and 80s introduced an innocent Australia to the concept of organised crime', was given the Danger Lifetime Achievement Award. Jschool is especially proud as both these top journos have accepted the honorary Doctor of Journalism award from Jschool.
The Teacher’s Pet, a podcast series about the 1982 disappearance of Lyn Dawson from Sydney’s northern beaches, was broadcast in 2018. It was created by Hedley Thomas and produced by Slade Gibson. It was phenomenally popular, with over 50 million downloads, and reached number one in Australia, Am...