The Sydney Morning Herald reports<\/a> he died at Chris O\u2019Brien\u2019s Lifehouse, following illness.<\/p>\nBorn in 1948 in Sydney he graduated in psychology at University of Sydney before taking up a
Herald cadetship. He did was a political reporter on The Australian but returned to Fairfax where he worked on the National Times and The Sun-Herald before rejoining his old masthead in 1981.<\/p>\n
His daily column Stay In Touch mixed fact, fiction, satire, gossip and humour, leading to
New York as the Herald\u2019s correspondent and then the editorship of Kerry Packer\u2019s Bulletin magazine. But Packer did not welcome his Bulletin cover story \u201cAustralia\u2019s 100 most appalling people\u201d, which drove up circulation, because many were Packer\u2019s friends.<\/p>\n
Later at SMH he penned culture column The Tribal Mind which religiously dissected television ratings and trends, becoming a must-read for industry and television fans alike\u2026 as well as nearly 20 books on travel and food.<\/p>\n
He also worked as a broadcaster for ABC radio and 2GB Sydney and became a journalism lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of NSW.<\/p>\n
Richard Glover, whodid a weekly segment on his breakfast show as \u201cMr Magazines\u201d also featured Dale as a TV critic on his ABC Drive show.<\/p>\n
He told TV Tonight, \u201cDavid was one of Australia\u2019s greatest wits \u2013 absolutely in the tradition of Clive James or Barry Humphries. He was brilliant at popping pomposity \u2013 skewering those from the top end of town, and others who might have tickets on themselves. He had a lovely writing style, on display particularly in the Stay In Touch column, in which had would take the sort of tiny, odd stories that others might throw in the bin, and turn them into sparkling, hilarious prose. Who can forget, for instance, his habit of reporting news from New Zealand while using a Kiwi accent.<\/p>\n
\u201cLater he saved The Bulletin, before being punished by Kerry Packer for doing just what he\u2019d been hired to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he finally came to radio, he took to it instantly \u2013 creating an enormous sense of fun and listener connection on the ABC Sydney breakfast show.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a great person to share food with, always knowledgeable but with a generous eye and a delight in the people who\u2019d brought such terrific food to Australia. It was David who first taught me that, when three or four people are dinning, you must always share the dishes. That way you have the chance to taste more of what the kitchen could do. Which is merely showing respect to the chef.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone who knew him, will miss him so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Debi Enker, from The Age Green Guide said, \u201cDavid Dale was a distinctive and valuable cultural commentator: witty and perceptive, he reliably offered a fresh take on well-trodden terrain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victoria Buchan, Nine\u2019s former Director of Communications also recalls, \u201cI was lucky enough to learn and discover the joys of Italian food and the long lunch with David in the 1980s. Memories of his passion, joy and endless ability to dissect a dish, construct a menu and entertain still bring a smile to me. I treasure his cookbook from Pulchinella and will make a favorite dish to share in his honor this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid was a journalist I admired and respected he inspired so many to write critically and with humour \u2013 a trailblazer for many who followed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2026.I think I only met DD once, but loved to read The Tribal Mind. A great connoisseur of all things televisual. Farewell.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran journalist, who wrote a must-read television column for the Sydney Morning Herald, has died. Veteran journalist David…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-52594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}