Paul Lyneham

Rodney Paul Lyneham (13 August 1945 – 24 November 2000) was an Australian newspaper journalist, commentator and radio and television presenter.

Biography Lyneham was born in Melbourne in 1945, growing up there and in Canberra

He worked as a journalist at The Australian and The Canberra Times newspapers before joining the ABC in 1969 and spending a period of time as London, UK correspondent. Lyneham joined commercial television, working for Channel Seven as a foreign correspondent including reporting on the Falklands War. After returning to Australia while living in Canberra Lyneham worked on Sydney radio station 2BL in a segment with his close friend Andrew Olle; they were a double act conversing about politics with Lyneham playing the role of the funny man. He also reported for The 7.30 Report before joining Channel Nine and 60 Minutes. at the National Press Club, Canberra. Annually since 2002, the National Press Club has also awarded the Paul Lyneham Award for excellence in journalism with only members of the federal parliamentary press gallery being eligible for the award.