Ian Cockerill
ABOUT
Ian Cockerill
Ian Cockerill continues to work as a journalist after a career stretching back to the 1980s, when he first reported on the AFL, NBL and, occasionally, the NSL for The Sydney Morning Herald. The years that followed included being a Walkley Award finalist (sports feature writing), a sportswriter for The Age and Sunday Age, a Fairfax columnist at the 2000 Olympics, ghostwriting athlete biographies, and a memorable period as communications manager for the Sydney Swans. A former editor of Men's Health magazine, he also edited the official 2003 Rugby World Cup website and covered the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2006 FIFA World Cup.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.