Bruce Juddery | |
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Born | Tauranga, New Zealand | 25 September 1941
Died | 16 January 2003 Canberra, Australia | (aged 61)
Occupation | Journalist |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Australian National University |
Children |
Mark Juddery and Dalisay Krege [1] |
Bruce Juddery (25 September 1941 – 16 January 2003) was an Australian journalist. He wrote primarily for The Canberra Times.
Juddery was born in Tauranga, New Zealand on 25 September 1941. [2] He started his newspaper career writing for New Zealand provincial newspapers, before moving to Canberra around 1964 to work at The Canberra Times. [3]
Juddery left The Canberra Times on several occasions—on one occasion to work as a public relations adviser at the Australian National University and on another to accept a role as secretary of the ACT branch of the Australian Journalists Association. [2] [4] During his career he was a regular at the National Press Club, where he was well known for his long and involved journalistic questions. [5] Juddery opined that the best questions were those that "buggers can't answer and [show] them what bloody bullshit artists they are." [6]
In 1979, Juddery was awarded the Canadian Award for Journalistic Merit, a national award for Australian journalistic excellence reporting on international affairs in the Pacific region. [7]
In 1998 Juddery moved to Iona in Scotland, with a plan to write his memoirs and travel. [8]
Juddery died in Canberra on 16 January 2003. [2] He was the father of journalist Mark Juddery.