Rebecca Macfie
Rebecca Macfie | |
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Occupation | Journalist, author |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Alma mater | University of Otago, University of Canterbury |
Notable works | Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died |
Notable awards | NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction, Bert Roth Award for Excellence in Labour History |
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Rebecca Macfie is a New Zealand author and journalist.
Background[]
Macfie lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] She has a BA and Post Graduate Diploma in Arts in History from the University of Otago, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the University of Canterbury.[2] She has an adult son and an adult daughter.[1]
Career[]
Macfie has worked as a journalist since 1988. In 2007 Macfie joined the New Zealand Listener as a writer for the South Island. She has also wbeen published with The Star, The Press, National Business Review, Independent Business Weekly, North & South, Unlimited, and the New Zealand Herald.[1][3]
In 2013 she published Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died,[4] a non-fiction work on the Pike River Mine disaster that claimed 29 lives.[5]
Awards[]
For her work with the New Zealand Listener Macfie won the Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics Award at the 2014 Canon Media Awards[6] and the Magazine Feature Writer Business & Science Award at the 2013 Canon Media Awards.[7] At the 2016 Canon Media Awards, Macfie won the 'Feature writing – politics' and 'Feature writing – health' categories, as well as the Wolfson Fellowship.[8] In 2018, Macfie won the Voyager Media Award for 'Feature writing – business or personal finance' for two articles, on the environmental and economic risks of climate change, and the development of animal free protein.
In 2012 she won the to develop a book on the Pike River Mine disaster (later published as Tragedy at Pike River Mine).[9] The book then won the 2014 NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction at the New Zealand Post Book Awards,[10] the 2014 Bert Roth Award for Excellence in Labour History,[11] and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy media award.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Rebecca Macfie". Noted. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Rebecca Macfie". HASANZ. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Rebecca Macfie". BWB Bridget Williams Books. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Macfie, Rebecca (2013). Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died. Awa Press. ISBN 9781877551901.
- ^ "'New material' in Pike disaster book". Australia's Mining Monthly. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "2014 winners". Canon Media Awards. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "2013 winners". Canon Media Awards. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Canon Media Awards 2016: winners, losers, drunks, takeovers, new players and golden gods". 23 May 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Senior Journalism Grant Winners". The Bruce Jesson Foundation. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "2014 Bert Roth Award". Labour History Project. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
External links[]
- Living people
- People from Christchurch
- University of Otago alumni
- University of Canterbury alumni
- New Zealand women journalists