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	Michael Smith is a former editor of The Age and board member and life member of the Melbourne Press Club. He is a former Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and former president of the Ardoch Youth Foundation. He is a Board member of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation. Michael has been a guest lecturer on media and public relations issues at Melbourne University, Monash University, RMIT and Deakin. He is a regular media commentator on newspapers and public relations, including on ABC TV News Breakfast. He is a former member of the Australian Press Council and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In 1986-87, he was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in California. He is a former Australian chairman of the world's largest public relations consultancy, Weber Shandwick Worldwide.
	Michael Smith is a strong contributor to the community through pro bono work and unpaid directorships. He is a founding director of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation which has transformed a development target into an internationally-recognised arts, education and cultural centre that attracts one million visitors a year. He is a former president of the Ardoch Youth Foundation which helps vulnerable children stay in the school system.
	Michael Smith - The Author Michael Smith is the author of five books and co-edited Media Legends: Journalists Who Helped Shape Australia. He chaired the selection panel for the Media Hall of Fame on which the book is based. These are the details of the positions he has held in his careers in public relations and journalism. Inside Public Relations, Melbourne 2002 - Director, Chief Executive Officer Weber Shandwick Worldwide, Melbourne 2000-2002: Chairman 1997-2000: Chief General Manager 1996-1997: General Manager 1994-1996: Senior Consultant *The Age* 1992-1994: Group Executive Editor, John Fairfax Group 1989-1992: Editor, The Age 1987-1989: Assistant Editor 1986-1987: John S. Knight Fellow, Stanford University 1980-1984: News Editor 1979-1980: US West Coast Correspondent 1978-1979: Chief of Staff 1977-1978: Leader Writer 1976-1977: General Reporter 1973-1976: Medical Reporter 1971-1973: Sydney Correspondent 1970-1971: Sports Reporter 1969-1970: Cadet Reporter