Deke miskin biography

In 1989 I was 23 and in my first management role when I met the man who would become my first career sponsor. John Motion was general manager of Kerry Packer’s Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) when I was appointed editor of Dolly and we worked together on the partnership contracts for Dolly video, Dolly Club and Dolly books.

John passed away this week from the cruel and incurable disease liver cancer.

I was informed of the terribly sad news by former That’s Life editor Bev Hadgraft. We worked together for John in the late nineties when he was CEO of Pacific Publications and I was publishing director there, a role that he appointed me to.

It wasn’t until decades later that I understood the significance that a supportive male leader can have on your career — especially in the male-dominated media industry.

My return to ACP following the birth of my first child was less than welcoming.

But just as I started to despair that my career may have peake