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Ross Coulthart — variously employed as a 60 Minutes journo, a PR guy for Ben Roberts-Smith and a ‘UFO expert’ — has an exciting new job in the US. And Argentina has a new president.
Bizarre ride Last week came the latest stop in the strange journey of former 60 Minutes journo Ross Coulthart. He’s been snapped up by NewsNation, the reinvigorated US network where such luminaries as Chris Cuomo, Mick Mulvaney and Sean Spicer ended up after, for whatever reason, leaving their previous roles.
The network said Coulthart will produce “special projects” and “short- and long-form documentary-style pieces”, language reminiscent of packaging that tries to make an Aldi-brand meat substitute appetising. His first piece for the network was a special called “Unsolved: The JFK Assassination“, timed to coincide with the 60-year anniversary of the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy.
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Tips and Murmurs Editor @theshufflediary
Charlie Lewis pens Crikey’s Tips and Murmurs column and also writes on industrial relations, politics and culture. He previously worked across government and unions and was a researcher on RN’s Daily Planet. He currently co-hosts Spin Cycle on Triple R radio.
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