He reported on the Bali bombings over 2002 – 03 , which won him the 2003 Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism for Coverage of the Asia-Pacific Region . He was a finalist for the 2006 Walkley Award for an investigative series from Poland and was also a finalist in the 1993 Walkley Awards for his reporting from China . In 2005 was short-listed for the British Business Journalist of the Year Awards for reporting from Afghanistan , where he has tracked its post 9-11 development . He was a finalist in the 2005 South Asian Journalists Association of North America awards for his reporting of the Sri Lankan tsunami for Fortune . In May 2007 , a profile he prepared of Wendi Deng was refused publication in the Sydney Morning Herald . In February 2008 , he was appointed an official observer of the Pakistan general elections . In 1999 , he was appointed the regional correspondent of '' Time '' magazine , based in Singapore , and covering regional economic and political topics , notably the emergence of the Internet in Asia , and of independence in East Timor . He became Fortune 's correspondent in S-E Asia in 2001 , and wrote for that magazine until 2008 . In 1996 , he was posted to the United States as correspondent with the Australian Financial Review
Bali bombings
2002 Bali bombings
Eric Ellis (journalist)