New EP for Media Watch

Media Watch has a new Executive Producer in former Four Corners producer, Lin Buckfield.

Buckfield replaces Jo Puccini, who has been in the role since April 2008 and leaves this week to become a Supervising Producer for Lateline. Meanwhile former Lateline executive producer Tim Palmer has joined The 7.30 Report as a senior reporter.

Buckfield has worked as a producer for Four Corners with varying stints in 2000, 2005 and 2008. She also worked as senior producer in Nine’s Investigative Unit with reporter/author Paul Barry and as a Series Producer on Q & A.

Kim Dalton, Director of Television said,“Lin has also received an enviable list of Walkley Awards in her role as a producer. In 2006 she won the Gold Walkley Award for the Four Corners‘ story on East Timor – Stoking the Fires. Four Corners’ stories have won her four other Walkleys, and she was a finalist on three other occasions. She also won a Logie in 2001,” he said.

Sally Virgoe will act as Executive Producer for the next fortnight until Buckfield takes up the new position.