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Bill Tyson is an Irish writer, producer and documentary maker.[1] As of 2020, he was working with Dublin Community Television and the Irish Mail on Sunday.[1] He previously worked for the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent.[2][3]

Journalism[edit]

In 2000 and 2002, while working for the Irish Independent, Tyson won two ESB National Media Awards in the "Business & Finance" category.[4][3] The 2002 award was for his "hard-hitting pieces relating to personal finances" and "his exposure of over-pricing by financial institutions".[3] He won a further ESB National Media Award in 2004.[5]

In 2007, while working as a business correspondent for the Sunday Tribune, Tyson was shortlisted in the "Specialist Business Reporting" category of the inaugural UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.[6] In 2008, Tyson resigned from the Tribune "in solidarity with" the then business editor of the Sunday Tribune, who was reputedly sacked following a complaint from an advertiser about an unsigned article.[2]

As of 2013, Tyson was a contributor to the RTÉ TV series "The Consumer Show".[7] Since 2013, he has also been a columnist with the Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail On Sunday titles.[citation needed]

Producer[edit]

Tyson produced a short film, "Whatever Turns You On", which won several awards,[1] including Best Short Short at the 2009 Aspen Shortsfest.[8] It was also short-listed for the Best Short Film award at the Boston Irish Film Festival.[citation needed] Also in 2009, the short film Veronique was released. It was written and produced by Tyson under the Irish Film Board's Virtual Cinema scheme.[8][9]

By late 2020, Tyson had a production role on "Romancing Ireland", a six part series on sustainable food production for DCTV.[10] Tyson, who has an MA in screenwriting,[1] also co-wrote and produced a four-hour television series for DCTV, The House.[11] He also produced another documentary for DCTV, titled A Century of Sailing, about the oldest sailing boats in the world still racing.[12]

In 2020, Tyson produced "Nicolas Cruz Hernandez: Still Fighting", an RTÉ Radio 1 documentary about a Cuban who coached Ireland to Olympic boxing success.[13]

Books[edit]

Tyson wrote and published a finance book, "Your Money", which was a top ten non-fiction best-seller several times between 1996 and 2004.[citation needed]

A biography of Mayoman Admiral William Brown, written by the Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and translated by Bill Tyson, was published in 2006.[14][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Bill Tyson". rte.ie. RTÉ Radio. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cullen, Paul (8 November 2007). "'Tribune' business editor loses post after article". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Anderson, Nicola (24 October 2002). "Independent business writer wins media prize". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Winners of media awards". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 2 November 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ^ Coulter, Carol (3 November 2004). "Winners of national journalism awards announced". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ^ Smurfitschool.ie - News Archive - Journalists honoured in Inaugural UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards - 7 November 2007 (archived 2012)
  7. ^ RTE.ie - Press Pack - The Consumer Show - 7 May 2013
  8. ^ a b "Aspen Short Win for Declan Cassidy". iftn.ie. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ^ "VERONIQUE". 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ "RomancingIreland".
  11. ^ "DCTV » The House: An Innovative New Drama". 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
  12. ^ "DCTV » Howth 17s: A Century of Sailing". 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.
  13. ^ RTE.ie - Nicolás Cruz Hernandez - Still Fighting
  14. ^ Aguinis, Marcos (1 January 2006). Admiral William Brown: Liberator of the South Atlantic. Admiral Brown Society. ISBN 0951962493.
  15. ^ "Admiral William Brown - Liberator of The South Atlantic". mayobooks.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2022. Admiral William Brown - Liberator of The South Atlantic [..] Marcos Aguinis Translated by Bill Tyson

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