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Editor

Ash Long is the Editor of the Brisbane Sun.

Known nationally for his appearances on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia (Network 10), Ash is also well-known throughout as Brisbane as Executive Producer of The Brisbane Report TV program over the 1997-2003 period.

Ash has an extensive knowledge of the local scene in Brisbane and South-East Queensland.

He started his writing career as a 'stringer' (correspondent) for Melbourne's Leader Community Newspapers) whilst he was still a school-boy.

He worked as a Journalist at Leader, whilst also working on presses at Regal Press, and also on distribution/publishing work with Nation Review publications.

In 1978, aged just 21, he was recruited to become Leader's youngest-ever Manager, for newspapers, and within a year, he was Group Classified Advertising Manager. He took on various roles, before becoming Regional Manager of eight northern suburbs newspapers in 1980, at the age of 23.

Ash Long was appointed to the National Promotions Committee of the Australian Suburban Newspapers Association, and in 1983 he became Managing Director of Victorian Media Corporation Pty Ltd. In 1985, he moved to country Victoria, as a hands-on owner-publisher of the 100-year-old Yea Chronicle newspaper. He commenced publication of new titles at Seymour, Nagambie, Whittlesea, Kinglake and Kilmore. He sold the Chronicle title in 1993, taking two six-month consultancies, one as Publisher of the 112,000-circulation Canberra Weekly title, which he returned to profitability within several months.

Ash Long's career has been accompanied by honours including the Westpac Award for 'Best Local Reporting' (Victorian Country Press Association), appointment as a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, and invitation to be both State and Federal judge for the Best Newspapers of the Australian Suburban Newspapers Association (now Community Newspapers Australia). He holds membership of the Australasian Religious Press Association.

After several years in television production, Ash Long returned to newspapers, with the re-energising of the Melbourne Observer title in 2002, and the expansion of the Sydney News and Brisbane Sun titles in 2004. Local Media is also expanding to manage Australian Christian Press (publishers of Christian Seniors), and the Los Angeles-based USA Travel News. Ash Long is aged 48, and looks forward to 2005 as a significant growth in service to Local Media's ever-expanding client base.

Download a free copy of Ash Long's book

You can have a free copy of Ash Long's controversial book, 'Long Shots'.

The 304-page book looks at Ash Long's award-winning media career, and almost 2000 people he has encountered along the way.

The book is available in PDF format - you need Adobe Acrobat software to download the book.

Simply click here to download the book.

(It is a very large file, and may take some time to transfer)

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