Paul Colgan
Paul is the editor of news.com.au.
He started in journalism writing music reviews for The Drogheda Independent, his local newspaper in Ireland. After training there as reporter and sub-editor and freelancing for Irish music mag Hot Press, Paul joined the Dublin bureau of The Sunday Times as a news reporter in 1999, where he enjoyed a few short weeks of smoking at his desk before it was banned, and over the following years covered transport, health, and legal affairs for the paper.
Paul arrived in Sydney in 2003 and joined news.com.au, working as a reporter and later chief of staff before being appointed Deputy Editor, leading coverage of major stories and developing journalism innovations.
He was part of the launch team of The Punch, as managing editor between January 2009 and October 2010.
Articles by Paul Colgan
Punch on: Open thread 01/06/09
This is a space to discuss whatever you like. Share links, thoughts, ideas, or have a spray. Punch on ... ... Read more
Cate Blanchett is right and wrong on climate change
I like Cate’s economic thinking here: She ... mentioned the loss of agricultural and tourism industry jobs, adding: “We have…... Read more
It might be a bad number, but surely the PM can say it
Update: watch Rudd’s limp Lateline performance here HERE’S a quick test. Read the following words out loud: Three. Hundred. Billion.…... Read more
Make up your mind, Nine: Is she a victim or a tart?
JUST because she bragged about having sex with a lot of rugby players doesn’t mean, under it all, she wasn’t…... Read more
Almost an Obama moment in Turnbull’s Budget reply
Because everyone hasn’t heard enough about Twitter, I’m going to start with a quote from it tonight: kinkylinkn: Turnbull had…... Read more
Yeah, yeah: Warney’s role in $450m Medicare blowout
From the Budget papers: The Government is committed to retaining the [Extended Medicare Safety Net]. This demands that the safety…... Read more
In one breath, Swan changed your retirement plans
IF you are an Australian in your early fifties and starting to think, however fleetingly, about retirement, the future you…... Read more
No sex until April 2010: The Punch tweets the Budget
Here’s how The Punch team summarised the Budget shortly after the lock-up ended. Enjoy - and follow us on Twitter…... Read more
Tired of reading about the Budget? Here are the pictures
WAYNE Swan and his mates at Treasury put a lot of effort into producing pretty graphs whose sole intention seems…... Read more
It’s the quality production values that make it work
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