2003 Lifetime Achievement Award

Claude Forell


Claude Forell was the 2003 Melbourne Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Claude Forell distinguished himself in many fields of journalism, from reporting violent student riots in Paris, to persecuting politicians to reviewing restaurants.


Read Peter Cole-Adams’ profile of Claude Forell.

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