The News Masters Trivia Night
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Description
The News Masters Trivia Night
News teams vie for the Inaugural 2019 News Trivia Cup
A fun, competitive pub trivia quiz about all things media.
Teams of up to ten people will attempt to demonstrate how much they can remember from the news cycle, famous historic events, and answer questions about TV, radio, books and journalism. There will be prizes and individual chances to shine as we attempt to determine who has Australia’s biggest news quiz brain!
Pit your wits against the sharpest media minds in this fundraiser for the Walkley Public Fund for Journalism.
Quiz Master: Stephen Brook, journalist & podcaster
MC: Angela Bishop, entertainment editor, Network 10
Arrive at 6.30pm for the quiz to begin at 7.30pm.
Drinks and food can be purchased at pub prices.
TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT.
If you are interested in going on the waiting list in the event of any cancellations, please email Gemma Courtney.
Single media tickets are $30 or buy a table of 10 for $290 (+GST).
Corporate tickets are $50 or a table of 10 for $490 (+GST).
Tickets are strictly limited and you need to register by Wednesday, July 24. Build your own team of 6-10 people or register yourself and we’ll put you in a team on the night. For those who purchase a Trivia table, please email your team name and participants to Gemma Courtney.
Ticket sales and donations go to the Walkley Public Fund supporting journalist scholarships, fellowships, mentoring and grants.
Quiz Master: Stephen Brook is a journalist and podcaster and the only person ever to have worked at both The Australian and Guardian newspapers. He is a former Media Diary columnist and Media Editor of The Australian as well as host of its Behind the Media podcast. In Britain he worked for The Times and the Guardian as press and publishing correspondent and deputy editor of MediaGuardian.co.uk as well as occasionally hosting its Media Talk podcast. He once caused Daily Telegraph editor Will Lewis to threaten to declare war on The Guardian.
MC: Angela Bishop is Network 10’s entertainment editor, and celebrates 30 years at the network in 2019. In addition to becoming a full-time member of the Studio 10 family in April 2018, Angela regularly reports for 10 News First nationally and continues to contribute to The Project. One of Angela’s biggest coups was a sit down with Oprah Winfrey during her Ultimate Australian Adventure. The interview featured in Oprah in Australia: Ultimate Wildest Dreams special, which was written and hosted by Angela. A committed and active member of the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation, Angela is also a dedicated fundraiser for the Grace Centre for newborn care at Sydney Children's Hospital Westmead and The Heart Centre for Children and an ambassador for Adopt Change.
