Scoop Images: Lighting The Flame

Saturday, 16 September 2000, 1:22 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

Images of Aboriginal Gold Medalist Cathy Freeman lighting the Olympic Flame at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games...

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Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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