HoA: Royal Melbourne Show Episode 5 - Ed Gannon

Ed Gannon is the Editor at the Weekly times and is the Editor-in-Chief for NewsCorp Rural. He has been involved with the Royal Melbourne Show for many years, particularly as the MC and host of the Agribusiness Luncheon. Today we're finding out about Ed's story – From growing up on a dairy farm at Tinamba in Gippsland, he went off to Uni in Melbourne. By chance he was walking past the weekly times office and they had a job advert on the window – he walked in, interviewed and since 1990 he has progressed through the ranks at the Weekly Times.

Without the chance to have the Agribusiness luncheon, I thought beyond just getting Ed's story I wanted to ask him some questions about Australian ag today;

Took the chance to understand the

- What 2020 has taught him about journalism

- The Gathering of stories and best information has pushed home the fact you need to get face to face

- Some of the 'significant moments'  and for ED it was seeing some of the evolution of stories into real change

- Ed was the Deputy editor when Country of Origin labelling was subsequently implemented

- Satisfaction in seeing young people chase an issue and make a difference

- We touch on some issues like Climate change, Regenerative Ag, issue of labour & role of technology & people

- Ed's comments about the role of the show and how it's changing with the times were incredibly insightful

You can find out more about the show at https://royalshow.com.au/

https://royalshow.com.au/podcasts-interviews/humans-of-agriculture/

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