Jesse Cox (broadcaster)
Jesse Cox | |
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| Born | 1986 |
| Died | December 2017 |
| Occupation(s) | Radio producer, broadcaster, documentary creator |
| Known for | Head of original content at Audible APAC, Creative Nonfiction platform, award-winning radio documentaries and podcasts |
Jesse Cox (1986 – December 2017) was a prominent Australian figure in radio production, broadcasting, and documentary creation.
Career
Cox contributed his talents to Sydney's FBi Radio and the ABC Radio National, later assuming the role of head of original content at Audible's APAC division. In 2012, he launched Creative Nonfiction, a platform dedicated to digital narrative exploration. That same year, his radio documentary Keep Them Guessing, produced for Radio National's 360documentaries, earned the Directors' Choice Award at the 2013 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. His work The Real Tom Banks received the Silver Award for Best Documentary at the 2014 Third Coast Festival, with judging by Ira Glass of This American Life. Additional projects he developed include Radiotonic, This is About, All the Best, and Long Story Short.
Cox also crafted the documentary theatre production Wael Zuaiter Unknown, which debuted at the 2014 Next Wave Festival and was praised by the Sydney Morning Herald for showcasing "a storyteller of great sensitivity and intelligence".
He innovated in geo-locative audio experiences for smartphones, exemplified by Ghosts of Biloela, which was shortlisted for the 2017 New South Wales Premier's History Awards Multimedia History Prize. The State Library of NSW lauded it as "an innovative, contemporary avenue to history...accessible to a broad audience".
In 2017, Cox was awarded the 'Innovation' Walkley Award as executive producer of ABC Radio National’s true-crime podcast Trace, collaborating with Rachael Brown and Jeremy Story Carter. ABC Radio Director Michael Mason described Trace as "ABC's most successful podcast". His creative contributions extended to events such as Next Wave Festival, Art & About, Underbelly Arts, and Sculpture by the Sea.
Death
In December 2017, Jesse Cox passed away suddenly due to a rare form of soft tissue brain cancer.
Awards
|- | 2013 | Radio documentary Keep Them Guessing | Directors' Choice Award at the Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition | |- | 2014 | Radio documentary The Real Tom Banks | Silver Award for Best Documentary at the Third Coast International Audio Festival | |- | 2017 | Ghosts of Biloela | Multimedia History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards | |- | 2017 | Podcast Trace | Innovation Award at the Walkley Award |