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Biography
Peter Michael Niveson Charley is a Logie– and Walkley Award– winning Australian journalist, documentary film maker and television producer.
Early life
Peter Charley was born in Australia. He attended The Scots School Albury and Newington College during the headship of Tony Rae at both schools. He undertook studies in Communications at Sydney University and New York University. He studied Spanish Language and Culture at Escuela Dinamico in Antigua, Guatemala, and at The Spanish Academy in Quito, Ecuador.
Journalism career
Charley has worked in print, broadcast journalism and television production. He has worked for the following companies and programmes:-
- The Sydney Morning Herald
- National Public Radio, United States
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 60 Minutes
- NBC News (New York)
- Seven Network (Australia)
- The Sydney Sun newspaper
- Discovery Channel Beyond Productions
- Fox Television, New York City
From 2001 until 2007, Charley was the Executive Producer of the ABC's Lateline program and joined Dateline as Executive Producer in 2007.
Awards
- Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies Novartis Award - First Prize
- New York Film Festival - World Silver Medal
- Logie Award - Most Outstanding News Report
- Walkley Award - Excellence in International Reporting
- Pater Award for Excellence in Radio Journalism
- FM Award for Excellence in Radio Presentation
- Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Festival
- ‘CHRIS Award Statue’, Columbus International Film & Video Festival