Griff Richards (2 works by)
Born: Established: 1908 Boulder ; Died: 14 Sep 2004
Gender: Male
CH - I am unsure if you want editors on newspapers like we do on journals - let me know?? JK 8/12/04; I think not CH 04/01/05

BiographyHistory

Griff Richards was the first Western Australian born editor of the West Australian and also its longest serving editor. He began his career at the newspaper as a casual reporter while studying at the University of Western Australia where, in 1930, he was the founding editor of Pelican, the students' newspaper. In 1927 he was given a cadetship and in 1932 he was appointed leader of the West Australian parliamentary staff. Richards enlisted in the RAAF in 1942 and was eventually promoted to flight lieutenant navigator.