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Paul Barry (born 1952) is a British-born, Australian-based journalist, who has won many awards for his investigative reporting. ==Career== Barry started his journalistic career in London, as an economics correspondent for Investors Chronicle. In 1978 he joined the BBC as a reporter for ''The Money Programme'', ''Newsnight'', and then ''Panorama''. In 1986 he moved to Australia and started work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. From 1987 to 1994 he worked as an investigative reporter for the ABC's flagship current affairs program ''Four Corners'' specialising in economic matters, government departmental failures and corporate governance. A series of reports on disgraced businessman Alan Bond (and his company Bond Corporation) brought his work to national prominence in 1993. He also wrote the book ''The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond'' and a TV report on the Wittenoom industrial disaster, "Blue Death".〔(Four Corners – Blue Death (1988) ) at Australian Screen Online〕 In 1995, Barry joined the Seven Network to present a short-lived news program ''The Times''. He was later the presenter of the current affairs program ''Witness'' in 1997. He then returned to the ABC to host the ''Media Watch'' program in 2000. He was effectively sacked from this show by ABC head Jonathan Shier after a controversial interview with ABC Director Donald McDonald on the subject of government funding for the ABC.〔Mark Colvin (ABC's Media Watch under the axe ) at ABC PM Archive, 30 November 2000〕 However, in August 2010, Barry acted as Media Watch's temporary host for three months while Jonathan Holmes took long-service leave.〔(Paul Barry to fill in as Media Watch host ) at ABC 21 June 2010〕 In 2001 he published a book, "Going for Broke – How Alan Bond Got Away with It". For the next two years he wrote for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', winning an additional Walkley Award exposing a tax scam involving prominent barristers in Sydney. He has served as a Walkley Award judge〔(Walkley Award Judges 2008 ) at Walkley Foundation〕 and on a past Walkley advisory board.〔(Meet the Walkley Advisory Board ) at Walkley Foundation〕 He also wrote a book ''Rich Kids'', documenting the collapse of One.Tel. In 2004 he moved to Channel 9 to work as an investigative reporter for ''60 Minutes'' . In February 2011, Alan Bond published a rebuttal〔(Alan Bond rebuts Paul Barry )〕 of an article written by Barry in December 2010 about Bond's investment in Global Diamond Resources Plc.〔(Bond backer demands his money ) at ''Daily Telegraph''〕 In 2006, Barry released a biography on Australian cricketer Shane Warne, called ''Spun Out''. Extracts of the book were published in The Age's ''Good Weekend'' magazine, and some of the content was controversial.〔Damien Murphy, Daniel Lewis (Warnie's ex in spin over 'bunch of lies' in biography ) at ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 31 July 2006〕 During October 2009, Barry was the subject of criticism from Australian business identities for his 2009 unauthorised biography of media and gambling mogul James Packer. The book details relations between the younger Packer and his father Kerry, citing anonymous sources as stating the pair had a difficult relationship, and that James was "relieved" by his father's death. Business leaders and friends of the Packers including former Nine Network CEO Eddie McGuire and mining tycoon Andrew Forrest defended James Packer.〔(James Packer friends hit back at 'vicious' book )〕 Upon launching the book, Barry dismissed the criticism, calling the book "fair" and "considered"〔(Biographer's unsourced Packer talk 'worthless' ) at ''The Australian''〕 In August 2011 Barry was appointed as a senior writer at Private Media's ''The Power Index'', "a free website () offers daily news, views and features about power and influence in Australia."〔(About The Power Index ) official site〕 On 3 July 2013, Barry returned as the host of ''Media Watch'' following the earlier decision of Jonathan Holmes to leave the show.〔(Paul Barry to return as Media Watch host | The Age 2 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013 )〕〔(Paul Barry makes return to Media Watch look easy in first appearance | The Australian 9 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Barry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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