Miranda Devine
Miranda Devine is a
columnist and
writer for
The Sydney Morning Herald, noted for her
conservative stance on a range of
social and
political issues, and for her defense of
Howard government policy.
Born in
New York in the early
1960s, Devine's family later moved to
London and then
Tokyo where they resided for six years. She is the eldest of three children of famous
newspaper editor Frank Devine. Afterwards, her family settled on
Sydney's
North Shore.
Whilst in Tokyo, she and her two younger sisters attended an American
International School, but were able to speak
Japanese fluently. A devout
catholic, Devine's high school education was completed at
Loreto Kirribilli, a Catholic girl's private school. After school, she completed a mathematics degree at
Macquarie University. On receipt of her degree, Devine joined the
CSIRO in their textile physics division. She would however only spend a year there, finding the work unrewarding.
On recommendation from her father, Devine travelled to
Chicago to attend the
Medill graduate school of journalism. There, she worked for the
Boston Herald as a city-beat reporter. Devine returned to Sydney in
1989 and soon after joined
The Daily Telegraph as a general reporter. She was promoted in the early
1990s by the
Telegraph's then editor
Col Allan who wanted a strong female voice representing the then very masculine newspaper. There, Devine would establish herself as a staunch conservative, and politically polarising figure. Devine's name became so entrenched with her right-wing commentary that when she married and wanted to change her name, Allan objected.
In
2000, after Allan had left for New York, Devine turned down the
Telegraph's offer of more money and took up an offer to write for its main rival
The Sydney Morning Herald.
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