Wendy Bacon
Wendy Bacon | |
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Leaving court, Sydney 1972 | |
| Born | 1946 (age 78–79) |
| Occupation | Journalist, academic |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA) |
| Website | |
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Professor Wendy Bacon (born 1946) is an Australian academic, investigative journalist, and political activist who was head of the Journalism Program at the University of Technology, Sydney. She was awarded Australian journalism's highest prize, a Walkley Award in 1984 for her articles about police corruption in New South Wales.
On her own website Bacon describes her approach to journalism and political activism:
I am an investigative journalist who is also a political activist. This means that I want my journalism to be useful to those who resist abuses of power and seek social justice rather than supporting existing power structures, which is what most journalism does. My emphasis is on information that I hope will empower people to take action.