Peter Charley
Born
Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Education
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, television producer, author
EmployerAl Jazeera
ParentPhilip Nivison Charley OAM
Relatives
  • Sir Philip Belmont Charley (grandfather)
  • Major Philip Charley (great grandfather)

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

Early life and education

Charley was born in Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia. His father, Philip Nivison Charley OAM[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][6] In 2021, BHP's revenue was estimated to be US$60.82 billion.[7] 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.[8]

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 workAward nameAward givenAward yearNotes
On Life’s Border –
The Plight of North Korean Refugees in China		Johns Hopkins University's
School of Advanced International Studies		First Prize, SAIS Novartis Awards2000[9]
On Life’s Border –
The Struggle of North Korea’s Refugees		Walkley AwardWinner, Excellence in International Reporting
(with Jung-Eun Kim)		[10]
One Last ChanceNew York FestivalsBest Investigative Report[11]
Columbus International Film & Video FestivalChris Award Statue
KidnappedHuman Rights Press Award, Hong KongWinner
(as executive producer of Dateline, SBS)		2009[12]
Dateline, SBSNew York FestivalsBest Current Affairs Program2013[13]
The Dark SideNew York FestivalsGold World Medal, Sports2017[14]
Gold World Medal, Current Affairs
The Poacher's PipelineSociety for Environmental JournalistsHonorable Mention, Outstanding In-depth Reporting[15]
Asian Television AwardsHighly Commended[16]
CINE Golden Eagle AwardsFinalist, Investigations[17]
Association of International BroadcastersHighly commended, Investigative[18]
Headliner AwardsSecond Place, Documentary[19]
Rockie Awards, Banff World Media FestivalFinalist, Social & Investigative[20]
Foreign Press Association Media AwardsWinner, Environment Story of the Year[21]
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, New YorkBest Middle East Film[22]
Vancouver South African Film FestivalPeople's Choice Winner[23]
Envirofilm AwardsWinner, Best Story Presentation2018[24]
New York FestivalsSilver World Medal, Current Affairs[25]
Silver World Medal, Nature and Wildlife
Spy MerchantsDIG Awards, Riccione, ItalyBest Investigative Documentary, Long Form[26]
New York FestivalsGold World Medal, Current Affairs[25]
Rockie Awards, Banff World Media FestivalFinalist, Crime and Investigation[27]
Football's Wall of SilenceAssociation of International BroadcastersHighly Commended, Investigative[28]
British Academy of Film and Television ArtsFinalist, Current Affairs category2019[29]
New York FestivalsGold World Medal, Current Affairs[30]
Gold World Medal, Sports
IslamophobiaNew York FestivalsGold World Medal, Current Affairs
Silver World Medal, Religious
Kennedy AwardsNominee, Journalist of the Year[31]
How to Sell a Massacre
Broadcast AwardsFinalist[32]
Kennedy AwardsWinner, Most Outstanding Investigative Report[33]
Finalist, Scoop of the Year[31]
Association for International BroadcastingWinner, International Affairs[34]
Graham Perkin AwardsFinalist, Australian Journalist of the Year[35]
New York FestivalsGold World Medal, Film[30]
Walkley AwardWinner, Scoop of the Year[36]
Gold Lovie AwardWinner, Documentary2020[37]
Webby Awards'Al Jazeera Investigates Extra' Nominee2021[38]
Telly AwardsGold Medal[39]

ADDITIONAL AWARDS


Gold Telly Award (Social Impact) Issued by Telly Awards · May 2023 The Truth Illusion https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/television/general-social-impact


Silver Telly Award (General Documentary - Long Form) Issued by Telly Awards · May 2023 The Truth Illusion https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/television/general-documentary-long-form-above-40-minutes


Silver Telly Award (Political Commentary) Issued by Telly Awards · May 2023 The Truth Illusion https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/television/general-political-commentary


Gold World Medal (Documentary - Social Issues) Issued by New York TV & Film Awards · Apr 2023 The Truth Illusion https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/WinnerDetailsNew/301711dc-00bb-407b-b536-762783bee3d5


Gold World Medal (Social Issues Podcast) Issued by New York Festival Radio Awards · Apr 2023 The Truth Illusion https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/List/7839e438-6aec-439e-bf9a-7ca894d7d5dd


Shorty Award Bronze Medal (News and Politics Podcast) Issued by Shorty Awards · Apr 2023 The Truth Illusion https://shortyawards.com/15th/winners


Silver World Medal (Documentary - Current Affairs) Issued by New York TV & Film Awards · Apr 2023 The Truth Illusion https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/List/7839e438-6aec-439e-bf9a-7ca894d7d5dd


Gold Medal (Best Writing) Issued by Signal awards · Oct 2023 Gold 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 2023 Gold 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 2023 Gold 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 - finalist Issued by Cannes Media & TV Awards · Jul 2023 The Truth Illusion https://www.cannescorporate.com/en/


Webby Award (Documentary, Long Form) Issued by Webby Awards (nomination) · Apr 2023 The Truth Illusion https://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 2022 The Truth Illusion https://theaibs.tv/AIBs-2022/Gala-evening/The-AIBs-22-winners-book.pdf


Foreign Press Association Award (TV Documentary of the Year) - finalist Issued by Foreign Press Association, London · Nov 2022 The Truth Illusion https://www.fpalondon.org/fpa-media-awards


Venice TV Award (Documentary) - nominee Issued by Venice TV Awards · Sep 2022 The Truth Illusion

https://venicetvaward.com/winners-and-nominees-2022/

Published works

Books

  • Charley, Peter (2020). How to Sell a Massacre. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 978-0-7333-4108-3.

Video

References

  1. ↑ Stone, Gerald (2011). Say it with Feeling. Pan MacMillan. pp. 299, 301–2. ISBN 978-1-74261-025-2.
  2. ↑ Little, John (2004). The Man Who Saw Too Much. United Kingdom: Hachette. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-7336-1725-6.
  3. ↑ "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) entry for Mr Philip Nivison CHARLEY". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 10 June 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2022. 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.
  4. ↑ Jackson, Keith (22 August 2014). "Phil Charley OAM, PNG commercial radio pioneer, dies at 89". PNG ATTITUDE. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Weatherburn, Hilary (1993). "Charley, Sir Philip Belmont (1893–1976)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Beyond the Surface: The History of BHP" on YouTube
  7. ↑ "Home". bhp.com. Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kuru Information Page". National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
  9. ↑ Kagan, Daniel (10 April 2001). "SAIS Awards Journalism Prizes". United Press International, Inc. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "On Life's Border – The Struggle of North Korea's Refugees". Walkley Winners Archive. The Walkley Foundation. 2000. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "ONE LAST CHANCE". Educational DVD Sales. Ronin Films. n.d. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Video journalist wins award". Dateline. SBS. n.d.
  13. ↑ "ABC, SBS, and Nine awarded at the NY Film Festival". TV Tonight. 2013.
  14. ↑ "The Dark Side". Film Freeway. 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "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. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "2017 Winners". Asian Television Awards. n.d.
  17. ↑ "58th CINE Golden Eagle Awards Recipients and Finalists". CINE. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Investigative Video: Highly commended" (PDF). The AIBs: 2017: Winners and finalists. Association for International Broadcasting. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  19. ↑ "Broadcast or cable television stations documentary or series of reports on the same subject" (PDF). 83rd National Headliner Awards winners. Press Club of Atlantic City. 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  20. ↑ "Agenda: Rockie Awards International". Banff World Media Festival. Brunico Communications Ltd. 2017.
  21. ↑ "Media Awards". Foreign Press Association London. Foreign Press Association. 2017. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017.
  22. ↑ "NYC Festival 2017". Wildlife Conservation Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "2017 VSAFF People's Choice Awards announced: Best Short Documentary: Poachers Pipeline". 10th VSAFF. Vancouver South African Film Festival. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  24. ↑ "Winners and Nominees". IFF Ekttop Film (in Slovak). 2018.
  25. 1 2 "Winners". New York Festivals. 2018.
  26. ↑ "Home". DIG Awards. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
  27. ↑ "Agenda: Rockie Awards International". Banff World Media Festival. Brunico Communications Ltd. 2018.
  28. ↑ "TV/Video: Investigative Journalism: Al Jazeera Investigations - Football's Wall of Silence" (PDF). The AIBs: 2018: The shortlist. Association for International Broadcasting. 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  29. ↑ Abbott, Kate (28 March 2019). "Bafta TV awards 2019: full list of nominations". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  30. 1 2 "Winners". New York Festivals. 2019.
  31. 1 2 "2019 NRMA Kennedy Awards' nominees sorted from record field". Media Week. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  32. ↑ "Best News and Current Affairs Program: Al Jazeera investigates: How to Sell a Massacre". Broadcast Awards 2020. United Kingdom: Broadcast. 2020. p. 37. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  33. ↑ "Media's finest: All 35 2019 NRMA Kennedy Award winners". MediaWeek. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  34. ↑ International affairs: Al Jazeera Media Network (PDF). Association for International Broadcasting. 2019. p. 15. Retrieved 13 September 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  35. ↑ "2019 Perkin Award Finalists". The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. Melbourne Press Club. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  36. ↑ "How to Sell a Massacre". Walkley Winners Archive. The Walkley Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  37. ↑ "How to Sell a Massacre (Part 2): Al Jazeera Investigates". Winners: Video. The Lovie Awards. 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  38. ↑ "How to Sell a Massacre (Part 2): Al Jazeera Investigates". Winners: News & Politics Podcasts. The Web Awards. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  39. ↑ "How to Sell a Massacre". The Telly Awards. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

Further reading

  • Guthrie, Bruce (2010). Man Bites Murdoch: Four Decades in Print, Six Days in Court. pp. 118–122. ISBN 978-0-522-85816-7.
  • Leith, Denise (2004). Bearing Witness: The Lives of War Correspondents and Photojournalists. pp. 72–91. ISBN 978-1-74051-260-2.
  • Little, John (2004). The Man Who Saw Too Much. United Kingdom: Hachette. ISBN 978-0-7336-1725-6.
  • Meade, Amanda (3 December 2014). "The Weekly Beast: ABC staff say no to The Hunger Games". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  • Stone, Gerald (2011). Say it with Feeling. Pan MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-74261-025-2. Stone referred to Charley as "(a man with) a scruffy, just-got-home-after-an-all-night-bender appearance" who "was at the very top of his game, the kind of journalist who would never let you down on a good story".
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