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Jesse Cox (1986 – December 2017) was an Australian radio producer, broadcaster, and documentary maker.
Jesse Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 |
| Died | December 2017 (aged 30–31) Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Radio producer, broadcaster, documentary maker |
| Known for | Australian Radio documentaries |
| Notable work | Trace podcast, Keep Them Guessing, The Real Tom Banks |
Throughout his broadcasting career, Jesse Cox worked for Sydney's FBi Radio, ABC Radio National, and was head of original content at Audible's APAC office.[1] In 2012, Cox also formed his own company, Creative Nonfiction to explore digital storytelling.[2] Cox's 2012 radio documentary for Radio National's 360documentaries, Keep Them Guessing, won the Directors' Choice Award in the 2013 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.[3] Cox's radio documentary The Real Tom Banks won the Best Documentary - Silver Award at the 2014 Third Coast International Audio Festival.[4] This international award for creative audio works was judged by This American Life presenter, Ira Glass.[5] Other radio programs and podcasts Cox worked on include Radiotonic, This is About,[6] All the Best and Long Story Short.[7]
Cox also created the documentary theatre show Wael Zuaiter Unknown, which he performed live as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival.[8][9][10][11] The Sydney Morning Herald called Cox "a storyteller of great sensitivity and intelligence" in their review of this show.[12]
Cox created geo-locative smartphone audio works such as Ghosts of Biloela, which was shortlisted for the 2017 NSW Premier's History Awards in the Multimedia History Prize category[13] and described by the State Library of NSW judges as "an innovative, contemporary avenue to history...accessible to a broad audience".[14]
Cox won the 2017 'Innovation' Walkley Award for his role as executive producer of the ABC Radio National true-crime Trace podcast, alongside Rachael Brown and Jeremy Story Carter.[15][7] In 2017, Director of ABC Radio, Michael Mason, described Trace as "ABC's most successful podcast".[7]
His work has been included in Next Wave Festival, Art & About, Underbelly Arts and Sculpture by the Sea.[16]
Jesse Cox died suddenly in December 2017 from a rare soft tissue cancer in his brain.[7]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Keep Them Guessing radio documentary | Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition : Directors' Choice Award | Won |
| 2014 | The Real Tom Banks radio documentary | Third Coast International Audio Festival : Best Documentary - Silver Award | Won |
| 2017 | Ghosts of Biloela | NSW Premier's History Awards : Multimedia History Prize | Shortlisted |
| 2017 | Trace podcast | Walkley Award : Innovation Award | Won |
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