Q&A remembers Leslie Nassar with live tribute from host Tony Jones at end of show

Tim Burrowes

October 25, 2016 8:56

Q&A host Tony Jones last night paid tribute to the brains behind the show’s live Twitter stream, Leslie Nassar, who died in a hit and run accident in the USA over the weekend.

Jones told viewers at the end of last night’s live ABC panel show: “Before we go tonight we want to pause to remember someone whose work you see every week on Q&A but whose name you probably don’t know.

“Leslie Nassar was the engineer who created and maintained the system we use to filter, to moderate and show your tweets on screen. He was the inventive genius who made our dream of an interactive Q&A possible, blazing a trail that is now followed around the world.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Dr Christine Satchell 25 Oct 16

I am so grateful to have been able to work with Wrangling Cats (Leslie’s and Andrea’s company) and experience their ability to distil technology to a state of pure functionality. I was never anything less than totally impressed with their vision of how people and technology should interact in an ideal world.

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