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Journalists, 1950

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Journalists, 1950

Journalists write news reports and longer feature stories for newspapers. In New Zealand, as in other countries, they developed a reputation as hard-drinking, tough and resourceful professionals. This quartet, from Wellington's Evening Post, is shown in Auckland in 1950, reporting on the British Empire Games (later known as the Commonwealth Games). 

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/164/01-F

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Mark Derby, Newspapers – Competition and challenges, 1940–2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43190/journalists-1950 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 31 October 2013.