Emcee Danica Bunch, Mark Griggs receiving his award from Andrew Gee, Federal Member for Calare at the CPNSW awards night in Orange .
Griggs recognised for service to ‘Country Newspapers’
HE STARTED selling papers for sixpence at Sydney Royal Show as a young boy and now owns his own country newspaper.
At the NSW Country Press Awards presentations, Mark Griggs was recognised for his 60 years of service to Country Newsapeprs.
He began his newspaper career as a seven-year-old paperboy selling Farmer & Settler newspapers at the Royal Show and Sydney Sheep Show.
On leaving high school, he began his career as an office boy for Country Life newspaper on November 8, 1965 for two years running advertising proofs all over Sydney until he was offered a photographic cadetship.
He then moved onto The Land and later became the Wagga editorial representative covering the Riverina, plus doing stud advertising and photography and writing during the late 70’s.
In 1979 Mark became the Publicity Officer for the Australia Hereford Society in Brisbane which he spent almost a decade doing including publishing a quarterly magazine.
In the early 2000’s Mark became editor of Western Magazine. then ended up manager of the Wellington Times publishing three papers a week.
In 2005 he went back to The Land covering the Central West from Dubbo doing general stories and sales until he
retired in 2021.
That’s when he started the Wellington & District Leader with wife Sharon.