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Email

s.young@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in History
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-4030-4012

Prof Sally Young

Professor in History
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

74 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISM AND ITS BRITISH AND AMERICAN CONNECTIONS
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003091851-32
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Unpapering the cracks: Sugar, slavery and the Sydney Morning Herald
  • 2023

    Book

    Media Monsters: The Transformation of Australia's Newspaper Empires
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    Rituals, Reassurance, and Compliance: Government Communication in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09230-5_8
  • 2021

    Reference Work

    'When newspapers took over television'
  • 2020

    Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website

    During the Great Depression, many newspapers betrayed their readers. Some are doing it again now
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    'Sworn to No Master’: A Corporate and Political History of Australian Newspapers, 1941-2021
Sally Young

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Henry MayerBook Prize
2020
Colin Roderick Literary Award
2020
State Library of NSW, Coral Thomas Fellow
2008
Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Henry Mayer Journal Article Prize

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2019

    Book

    Paper Emperors The Rise of Australia's Newspaper Empires
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Press photography and visual censorship in the Australian parliament
    DOI: 10.1111/ajph.12429
  • 2018

    Journal article

    What is a Journalist?: The view from employers as revealed by their job vacancy advertisements
    DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2016.1190665
  • 2017

    Journal article

    News Corporation Tabloids and Press Photography During the 2013 Australian Federal Election
    DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2015.1088398

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2014

    Internal Research Grant

    Unfit to Print: A History and Analysis of Press Power in Australia
  • 2014

    Research Grant

    Unfit to Print: A History and Analysis of Press Power in Australia
  • 2013

    Research Grant

    A History of Press Photography in Australia
  • 2013

    Research Grant

    A History of Press Photography in Australia

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