Jesse Cox (broadcaster)

Jesse Cox (1986 – December 2017) was an Australian radio producer, broadcaster and documentary maker.

For American gaming personality, see Jesse Cox (YouTuber).
Jesse Cox
Born1986 (1986)
DiedDecember 2017(2017-12-00) (aged 30–31)
Australia
OccupationRadio producer, broadcaster, documentary maker
Known forAustralian Radio documentaries
Notable work
Trace podcast, Keep Them Guessing, The Real Tom Banks

Career

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]

Death

Jesse Cox died suddenly in December 2017 from a rare soft tissue cancer in his brain. He is survived by his wife and child.[7]

Awards
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

References
  1. Wallbank, Paul. "Audible Australia's head of content Jesse Cox passes away". Mumbrella. Mumbrella. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. Samios, Zoe (25 September 2017). "Audible Australia appoints Jesse Cox as head of original content". Mumbrella. Mumbrella. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. "Keep Them Guessing". Third Coast International Audio Festival. Third Coast International Audio Festival. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. "The Real Tom Banks". Radio National. ABC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. "Jesse Cox and The Real Tom Banks". Next Wave Festival. Next Wave Festival. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. "Working with Sound: Jesse Cox". Australian Audio Guide. Wheeler Centre and Audiocraft. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  7. Styles, Aja (20 December 2017). "Walkley Award-winning ABC radio producer Jesse Cox dead at 31". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  8. "Jesse Cox". Vivid Sydney. Vivid Sydney. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  9. "An interview with Jesse Cox (Wael Zuaiter: Unknown) and Kate Hunter (Memorandum)". Theatre Works. Theatre Works. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  10. Tobin, Patricia (5 May 2014). "Wael Zuaiter: Unknown". Performing Arts Hub. Arts Hub Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  11. Herbert, Kate (1 May 2014). "Theatre review: Wael Zuaiter - Unknown, Next Wave Festival". Herald Sun. News Limited. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  12. Woodhead, Cameron (2 May 2014). "Moving insight into a killing". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  13. "Shortlists for 2017 NSW Premier's History Awards announced". Books and Publishing. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  14. "Ghosts of Biloela by Que Minh Luu and Jesse Cox". State Library of New South Wales. State Library of New South Wales. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  15. "All Media: Innovation 2017". The Walkley Foundation. The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  16. "Jesse Cox". Hear Say Festival. HearSay - International Audio Arts Festival. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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