Barrie Cassidy at the Quill Awards.
For political junkies who are addicted to ABC TV’s Insiders, Sunday mornings will never be the same after Barrie Cassidy steps down.
Cassidy has announced he will depart the show he has hosted since its inception 18 years ago on June 9, but will continue to contribute to the ABC.
With his usual sense of impeccable timing, he made the announcement last Friday night at Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards for Excellence in Journalism, where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to political journalism in a career spanning more than 50 years.
Cassidy said: “Other political reporters like Laurie Oakes, Michelle Grattan and Nikki Savva have won it so I’m humbled and stoked to be in that company. And I’m very conscious of the fact that I’m the first person from the ABC to win it.”
He’ll...
For political junkies who are addicted to ABC TV’s Insiders, Sunday mornings will never be the same after Barrie Cassidy steps down.
Cassidy has announced he will depart the show he has hosted since its inception 18 years ago on June 9, but will continue to contribute to the ABC.
With his usual sense of impeccable timing, he made the announcement last Friday night at Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards for Excellence in Journalism, where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to political journalism in a career spanning more than 50 years.
Cassidy said: “Other political reporters like Laurie Oakes, Michelle Grattan and Nikki Savva have won it so I’m humbled and stoked to be in that company. And I’m very conscious of the fact that I’m the first person from the ABC to win it.”
He’ll...
- 3/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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