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MY CV

Professional Experience

ABC THE DRUM- INTERVIEW PRODUCER & REPORTER

June 2021 - Present

Writing the morning topics email for panellists and subsequently interviewing them to write notes for our hosts to use to decide who to ask what questions. Organising logistics as to what studio or technological platform panel and guests will join the program from. Writing, pitching and editing television news packages and slabs. Turning television stories into online articles.

ABC THE DRUM- GENERAL PRODUCER

March 2020- June 2021

Writing television news segments, cutting vision and choosing grabs. Producing interviews and television packages.

ABC NEWS 24 - NEWS PRODUCER

December 2019- March 2020

Writing hosts leads to grabs, LVO's and television news packages. Cutting grabs, LVO's and slabs for TV news bulletins. Sourcing, writing and cutting international news LVO's.

SBS NITV - RADIO JOURNALIST

October 2019- March 2020

Writing, recording and editing 10 minute Indigenous focused radio news bulletins for a national Australian audience. Finding talent and conducting interviews to form radio news grabs.

SBS WORLD NEWS - RADIO & ONLINE JOURNALIST

November 2018- July 2020

Writing, recording and editing radio news packages and radio bulletins. Writing and pitching online news stories. Interviewing and sourcing talent from both online and radio articles.

GRUPO MEDIA NACIONAL, TIMOR-LESTE - FREELANCE JOURNALIST

August 2018- September 2018

Speaking with the local Timor-Leste community to source news stories relevant to the region. Interviewing stakeholders and writing newspaper articles for publishing in both English and Tetan.

NATIONAL RADIO NEWS- PRESENTER & REPORTER

February 2017- July 2018

Writing, recording and editing radio news bulletins for national distribution across Australia. Sourcing talent and recording interviews for radio news packages and grabs, that had national relevance.

BATHURST LOCAL RADIO - PRESENTER & REPORTER

February 2017- July 2018

Writing and reading live radio news bulletins for a Bathurst local audience. Sourcing and interviewing local talent on news relevant to the region.

FAIRFAX HAWKESBURY GAZETTE - JOURNALISM INTERNSHIP

January 2018- February 2018

Sourcing and interviewing talent from the Hawkesbury region for online and newspaper articles. This involved attending local press conferences and events to find talent.

TECHLY - ONLINE JOURNALIST

March 2017- November 2017

Pitching and writing stories for an online young audience. While sourcing and interviewing talent.

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