Peter Charley Explained

Peter Charley
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Birth Place:, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Parents:Philip Nivison Charley
Occupation:Journalist, television producer, author
Employer:Al Jazeera

Peter Charley is a journalist, documentary film maker, television producer and author.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Charley was born in, New South Wales, Australia. His father, Philip Nivison Charley [3] [4] was the son of Sir Philip Belmont Charley and grandson of Major Philip Charley, one of the ‘Syndicate of Seven’ who founded Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd in 1883.[5] In 2021, BHP's revenue was estimated to be 60.82 billion.[6] Charley spent his teenage years at boarding school in Australia and in Papua New Guinea where his family was based in Goroka, Madang and Port Moresby. In 1973, he was invited to accompany a medical expedition into the remote Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea to investigate an outbreak of the fatal brain disorder ‘kuru’, caused by ritualistic cannibalism.[7]

Charley attended The Scots School, Albury, and Newington College, in Sydney. He studied communications at New York University and holds a master's degree in media practice from The University of Sydney. At Harvard University, Charley studied Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy and the Press (via Ed-X). Charley undertook European studies at the European Academy in Berlin and studied Spanish Language at Escuela Dinámico in Antigua, Guatemala, and Spanish Language and Latin American Culture at the Academia de Español in Quito, Ecuador.

Journalism career

Charley began his career as a reporter on The Sydney Morning Herald and the Sydney Sun newspapers in Australia where he worked as a general news reporter, feature writer and music critic. He later worked as an on-air news and current affairs reporter and producer at the Seven Network in Australia before moving to New York, where he worked as Associate Producer at Sixty Minutes, Channel Nine, and as a reporter for National Public Radio.

Charley traveled extensively throughout Central and South America, covering conflict and civil unrest in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.

Charley's coverage of conflict also included unrest in Syria, Cambodia's fight against the Khmer Rouge, East Timor's struggle for independence, the Bougainville war, unrest in South Africa, Libya and the Los Angeles riots.

In 1986, Charley was appointed Show Producer of the weekly, current affairs program, The Reporters, produced by Fox Television, New York.

Between 2000 and 2007, Charley worked as Executive Producer of the ABC TV's flagship news program, Lateline. He then joined Australia's SBS television as Executive Producer of the international current affairs program, Dateline – a position he held for seven years. In 2014, he left Dateline to take up the role of Senior Executive Producer of Al Jazeera's North American investigative unit, based in Washington, DC.

At Al Jazeera, Charley was responsible for producing, writing and reporting the controversial two-part series 'How to Sell a Massacre' which involved a three-year undercover infiltration of the National Rifle Association of America. The program led to the resignation of 'Pauline Hanson's One Nation' Senate candidate Steve Dickson after secretly-recorded video showed Dickson and One Nation's Chief of Staff James Ashby meeting with officials from the NRA and with representatives of Koch Industries in Washington, DC. In 2019, Charley was approached by HarperCollins to write a book on the making of the documentary series. The book, 'How to Sell a Massacre - One Nation, the US gun lobby and $20 million - inside journalism's most audacious sting', was published in August 2020, reaching an Amazon ranking of Number One Best Seller under the categories of Federal Jurisdiction Law, Conventional Weapons and Warfare History, Political Freedom, Journalism & Nonfiction Writing Reference, and Radical Political Thought.

Charley has twice been invited by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to participate as Juror for the International Emmy Awards competition to judge international television programming.

Awards

Published work Award name Award given Award year Notes
On Life’s Border –
The Plight of North Korean Refugees in China 		First Prize, SAIS Novartis Awards 2000 [8]
On Life’s Border –
The Struggle of North Korea’s Refugees 		Winner, Excellence in International Reporting
[9]
One Last Chance Best Investigative Report [10]
Columbus International Film & Video Festival Chris Award Statue
Kidnapped Human Rights Press Award, Hong Kong Winner
align=center 2009 [11]
New York Festivals Best Current Affairs Program align=center 2013 [12]
The Dark Side New York Festivals Gold World Medal, Sports 2017 [13]
Gold World Medal, Current Affairs
The Poacher's Pipeline Society for Environmental Journalists Honorable Mention, Outstanding In-depth Reporting [14]
Asian Television Awards Highly Commended [15]
CINE Golden Eagle Awards Finalist, Investigations [16]
Association of International Broadcasters Highly commended, Investigative [17]
Headliner Awards Second Place, Documentary [18]
Finalist, Social & Investigative [19]
Foreign Press Association Media Awards Winner, Environment Story of the Year [20]
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, New York Best Middle East Film [21]
Vancouver South African Film Festival People's Choice Winner [22]
Envirofilm Awards Winner, Best Story Presentation 2018 [23]
New York Festivals Silver World Medal, Current Affairs [24]
Silver World Medal, Nature and Wildlife
Spy Merchants DIG Awards, Riccione, Italy Best Investigative Documentary, Long Form [25]
New York Festivals Gold World Medal, Current Affairs
Rockie Awards, Banff World Media Festival Finalist, Crime and Investigation [26]
Football's Wall of Silence Association of International Broadcasters Highly Commended, Investigative [27]
Finalist, Current Affairs category 2019 [28]
Gold World Medal, Current Affairs [29]
Gold World Medal, Sports
Islamophobia New York Festivals Gold World Medal, Current Affairs
Silver World Medal, Religious
Kennedy Awards Nominee, Journalist of the Year [30]
How to Sell a Massacre
Finalist [31]
Winner, Most Outstanding Investigative Report [32]
Finalist, Scoop of the Year
Winner, International Affairs [33]
Graham Perkin Awards Finalist, Australian Journalist of the Year [34]
New York Festivals Gold World Medal, Film
Walkley Award Winner, Scoop of the Year [35]
Winner, Documentary align=center 2020 [36]
'Al Jazeera Investigates Extra' Nominee 2021 [37]
Telly Awards Gold Medal [38]
ADDITIONAL AWARDS Gold Telly Award (Social Impact)Issued by Telly Awards · May 2023The Truth Illusion https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/television/general-social-impact Silver Telly Award (General Documentary - Long Form)Issued by Telly Awards · May 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/television/general-documentary-long-form-above-40-minutes Silver Telly Award (Political Commentary)Issued by Telly Awards · May 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/television/general-political-commentary Gold World Medal (Documentary - Social Issues)Issued by New York TV & Film Awards · Apr 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/WinnerDetailsNew/301711dc-00bb-407b-b536-762783bee3d5 Gold World Medal (Social Issues Podcast)Issued by New York Festival Radio Awards · Apr 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/List/7839e438-6aec-439e-bf9a-7ca894d7d5dd Shorty Award Bronze Medal (News and Politics Podcast)Issued by Shorty Awards · Apr 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://shortyawards.com/15th/winners Silver World Medal (Documentary - Current Affairs)Issued by New York TV & Film Awards · Apr 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/List/7839e438-6aec-439e-bf9a-7ca894d7d5dd Gold Medal (Best Writing)Issued by Signal awards · Oct 2023Gold Mafia - Podcast (Executive Producer)https://network.aljazeera.net/en/awards/al-jazeera-wins-four-signal-awards Gold Medal (General News & Politics)Issued by Signal Awards · Oct 2023Gold Mafia – Podcast: Episode 6 (‘The Crocodile’) (Executive Producer)https://network.aljazeera.net/en/awards/al-jazeera-wins-four-signal-awards Silver Medal (General - Documentary)Issued by Signal Awards · Oct 2023Gold Mafia – Podcast: Episode Three (‘Blowing Smoke’) (Executive Producer)https://network.aljazeera.net/en/awards/al-jazeera-wins-four-signal-awards Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival - finalistIssued by Cannes Media & TV Awards · Jul 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://www.cannescorporate.com/en/ Webby Award (Documentary, Long Form)Issued by Webby Awards (nomination) · Apr 2023The Truth Illusionhttps://winners.webbyawards.com/2023/video/general-video/documentary-longform/242602/al-jazeera-investigations--the-truth-illusion A.I.B. Award (Specialist Factual)Issued by Association of International Broadcasters · Nov 2022The Truth Illusionhttps://theaibs.tv/AIBs-2022/Gala-evening/The-AIBs-22-winners-book.pdf Foreign Press Association Award (TV Documentary of the Year) - finalistIssued by Foreign Press Association, London · Nov 2022The Truth Illusionhttps://www.fpalondon.org/fpa-media-awards Venice TV Award (Documentary) - nomineeIssued by Venice TV Awards · Sep 2022The Truth Illusion https://venicetvaward.com/winners-and-nominees-2022/

Published works

Books

Video

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stone, Gerald . Gerald Stone . Say it with Feeling . Pan MacMillan . 2011 . 978-1-74261-025-2 . 299, 301–2 .
  2. Book: Little, John. The Man Who Saw Too Much. 2004. Hachette . United Kingdom . 978-0-7336-1725-6 . 315 .
  3. 1040647 . 10 June 2002 . Mr Philip Nivison CHARLEY . Medal of the Order of Australia . OAM . For service to broadcasting in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and through education and training, particularly the development of technical and practical skills and professional attitudes and disciplines. . 13 September 2022 .
  4. Web site: Phil Charley OAM, PNG commercial radio pioneer, dies at 89 . Jackson, Keith . PNG ATTITUDE . 22 August 2014 . 13 September 2022 .
  5. Hilary . Weatherburn . Charley, Sir Philip Belmont (1893–1976) . 13 . 1993 . charley-sir-philip-belmont-9733 . 13 September 2022 .
  6. Web site: Home . bhp.com . 2018 . .
  7. Web site: Kuru Information Page . National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke .
  8. Web site: Kagan, Daniel . SAIS Awards Journalism Prizes . United Press International, Inc. . 10 April 2001 . 21 October 2022 .
  9. Web site: On Life's Border – The Struggle of North Korea's Refugees. Walkley Winners Archive . The Walkley Foundation . 2000 . 21 October 2022 .
  10. Web site: ONE LAST CHANCE . Ronin Films . Educational DVD Sales . n.d. . 21 October 2022 .
  11. Web site: Video journalist wins award . . . n.d. .
  12. Web site: ABC, SBS, and Nine awarded at the NY Film Festival . TV Tonight . 2013 .
  13. Web site: The Dark Side . Film Freeway . 2017 . 21 October 2022 .
  14. Web site: Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding In-depth Reporting, Large Market: Honorable Mention: The Poacher's Pipeline . Winners: SEJ 16th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment . The Society of Environmental Journalists . 30 June 2017 . 21 October 2022 .
  15. Web site: 2017 Winners . Asian Television Awards . n.d. .
  16. Web site: 58th CINE Golden Eagle Awards Recipients and Finalists . CINE . https://web.archive.org/web/20151105213253/http://cine.org/awards/ . 5 November 2015 . 2015 .
  17. Web site: Investigative Video: Highly commended . The AIBs: 2017: Winners and finalists . . 1 November 2017 . 22 October 2022 .
  18. Web site: Broadcast or cable television stations documentary or series of reports on the same subject . 83rd National Headliner Awards winners . Press Club of Atlantic City . 2017 . 22 October 2022 .
  19. Web site: Agenda: Rockie Awards International . Banff World Media Festival . Brunico Communications Ltd . 2017 .
  20. Web site: Media Awards . Foreign Press Association London . Foreign Press Association . 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171218084922/https://www.fpalondon.net/media-awards . 18 December 2017 .
  21. Web site: NYC Festival 2017 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20180508003044/http://www.wcff.org/nyc-festival-2017/ . dead . 8 May 2018 . Wildlife Conservation Film Festival . 2017 .
  22. Web site: 2017 VSAFF People's Choice Awards announced: Best Short Documentary: Poachers Pipeline . 10th VSAFF . Vancouver South African Film Festival . 5 April 2017 . 23 October 2022 .
  23. Web site: Winners and Nominees . IFF Ekttop Film . sk . 2018 .
  24. Web site: Winners . New York Festivals . 2018 .
  25. Web site: Home . http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20180505145709/https://www.dig%2Dawards.org/en/ . dead . 5 May 2018 . DIG Awards . 2018 .
  26. Web site: Agenda: Rockie Awards International . Banff World Media Festival . Brunico Communications Ltd . 2018 .
  27. Web site: TV/Video: Investigative Journalism: Al Jazeera Investigations - Football's Wall of Silence . The AIBs: 2018: The shortlist . . 2018 . 21 October 2022 .
  28. News: Abbott, Kate . Bafta TV awards 2019: full list of nominations . . 28 March 2019 . 21 October 2022 .
  29. Web site: Winners . New York Festivals . 2019 .
  30. News: 2019 NRMA Kennedy Awards' nominees sorted from record field . Media Week . 25 July 2019 . 13 September 2022.
  31. Web site: Best News and Current Affairs Program: Al Jazeera investigates: How to Sell a Massacre . Broadcast Awards 2020 . Broadcast . United Kingdom . 2020 . 13 September 2022 . 37 .
  32. News: Media's finest: All 35 2019 NRMA Kennedy Award winners . MediaWeek . 12 August 2019 . 13 September 2022 .
  33. Book: International affairs: Al Jazeera Media Network . The AIBs 2019: Winners and finalists . . 2019 . 13 September 2022 . 15 .
  34. Web site: 2019 Perkin Award Finalists . The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year . . 24 February 2020 . 13 September 2022 .
  35. Web site: How to Sell a Massacre . Walkley Winners Archive . The Walkley Foundation . 2019 . 13 September 2022 .
  36. Web site: How to Sell a Massacre (Part 2): Al Jazeera Investigates . Winners: Video . The Lovie Awards . 2020 . 13 September 2022 .
  37. Web site: How to Sell a Massacre (Part 2): Al Jazeera Investigates . Winners: News & Politics Podcasts . The Web Awards . 2021 . 13 September 2022 .
  38. Web site: How to Sell a Massacre . The Telly Awards . 2021 . 13 September 2022 .

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