Ben Hills

Ben Hills (1942 – 10 June 2018) was an Australian freelance journalist and author.

Early life and career
Hills was born in Grassington, England and migrated with his family to Australia in 1959. He worked on various regional newspapers before being hired as an investigative reporter by The Age in Melbourne in 1969. He worked for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a London-based foreign correspondent in the mid-1970s then as a Hong-Kong based publisher during the 1980s. Returning to Melbourne, Hills became assistant editor of The Age. He spent four years as a producer for 60 Minutes. Hills became the Fairfax Japan correspondent from 1992 to 1995 and then lived in Sydney. He wrote six books, and after leaving Fairfax worked as a freelancer for SBS TV and other media outlets.

Hills died from cancer in Sydney on 10 June 2018.

Awards

 * 2016 – John Newfong Award for Outstanding Indigenous Reporting
 * 2010 – Alex Buzo Prize for Excellence in Research.
 * 1991 – Walkley Award for investigative reporting
 * 1989 – Highly Commended, Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award