{{Short description|Australian journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} '''Barry Dick''' is an Australian journalist. He retired in 2015, after more than 40 years as a sports reporter and editor in Brisbane.<ref name="Healey">{{cite web |url=https://influencing.com/au/story/departures-at-sunday-telegraph-the-courier-mail-abc-tv-and-townsville-bulletin |title=Departures at Sunday Telegraph, The Courier-Mail, ABC TV and Townsville Bulletin |author=Briana Healey |date=December 3, 2015 |work=influencing.com |publisher=Media News |accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref> Dick was the rugby league editor for ''The Courier-Mail'', and wrote the ''For Argument's Sake'' column during the football season.
Dick was the first full-time Australian football writer for ''The Courier-Mail'' in 1973. During his career there, he was Melbourne bureau chief and held several editor positions.<ref name="CM-bio-2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.couriermail.news.com.au:80/sectionindex1/0,5934,dick%5E%5ETEXT%5Ethecouriermail,00.html |title=BARRY DICK - Rugby league editor |date=January 22, 2002 |publisher=The Courier-Mail |accessdate=November 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405131611/http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/sectionindex1/0,5934,dick%5E%5ETEXT%5Ethecouriermail,00.html |archive-date=5 April 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is currently sports editor of ''The Courier-Mail's'' website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.linkedin.com/in/barry-dick-24b1632a|title=Barry Dick|last=Dick|first=Barry|website=Linked in|access-date=25 May 2019}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2017, Dick was inducted in the Suncorp Stadium Wall of Fame in Brisbane.<ref name="stadium">{{cite web |url=https://suncorpstadium.com.au/getattachment/About-Us/Stadium-honours/Media-Wall-of-Fame/BarryDick.pdf.aspx?lang=en-AU |title=Barry Dick |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Suncorp Stadium |location=Brisbane |accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="fox">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/veteran-rugby-league-journalist-wayne-heming-inducted-into-suncorp-stadium-wall-of-fame/news-story/14a181e8194d795b1fccf5695382e6c2 |title=Veteran rugby league journalist Wayne Heming inducted into Suncorp Stadium Wall of Fame |author= |date=July 10, 2017 |work= |publisher=Fox Sports |accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref>
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