ScreenTalk: Gordon Dryden
16 May 2016
Gordon Dryden: A TV current affairs pioneer…
Gordon Dryden has had a long and distinguished career in journalism, public relations and broadcasting. He became a familiar face on New Zealand television in the 1970s, fronting sports and then current affairs programming. Dryden made a name for himself as a tough interviewer on Friday Conference, and as a talk radio host. In recent years, Dryden has developed education books both in print and online.
In this ScreenTalk, Dryden talks about:
- Being asked to host Sportsroom despite little knowledge of sport
- How an on air comment lead to him getting wet
- Successfully predicting the outcome of the 1967 referendum on drinking hours
- Beating TV One in calling the result of the 1975 General Election
- Challenging controversial cancer doctor Milan Brych in an interview
- How a victim of apartheid made all the difference in a TV special
- Creating The Learning Web to take advantage of changes in media
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via this Creative Commons licence.
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