About Me
I'm currently the breakfast producer at ABC South East SA, telling stories that directly impact our local audience. I've worked with our team to lead the conversation for the community each morning, often breaking news and giving rolling updates throughout the show.
I have also developed and executed a variety of new segments, finding a way to regularly discuss interesting topics while featuring more local voices. I also play an active role in the editorial process, helping our team make sure the stories we produce get to the widest audience possible through coordinated rolluts on digital, video and audio.
Before this role I worked at a newspaper in regional Victoria, immersing myself in a new community, reporting on what matters to them most and helping lead a digital push for our content.
Experience
2024-Present
Breakfast Radio Producer
ABC South East SA
My role involves planning, preparing and contributing to the daily breakfast program, working closely with the presenter and my editor to make sure we were on top of news of the day and leading the conversation in local news and issues important to our listeners. I have worked on a variety of outside broadcasts and live crosses in conjunction with key stakeholders and the broader ABC.
2023-2024
Journalist
Mansfield Courier
My role involved planning, pitching, writing and editing a wide variety of stories (arts, politics, sport, tourism) for the Mansfield Courier and other North East Media publications. It involved writing national and state stories with a local perspective including local, state and national budgets. I also build up an extensive contact list and cultivated a variety of sources to better inform my reporting. I wrote both long and short form stories as well as advertorial content and also helped drive traffic to tourism publications both online and in print by developing a distribution strategy and through my stories.
2020-2022
Journalist, Brisbane Line Host and Zedlines Editor
4ZZZ
I started as a Zedlines intern in 2020, writing news buletins for our local radio audience. After finishing the internship, I was promoted to journalist, creating radio packages for 4ZZZ’s various news and current affairs programs and special news events.
I also hosted the Tuesday edition of Brisbane Line, 4ZZZ's hour-long local news and current affairs show. I operated the studio for live broadcast and made sure the show was compliant with the current laws and regulations.
I was also the Zedlines Internship Program Coordinator, assisting student journalists in choosing, researching, writing, presenting, and publishing stories. I also helped them develop their journalistic skills, giving feedback on both their long and short form scripts and packages. The role involved recruitment, management and editorial responsibility of their work as well as checking in regularly with both interns and management.
Education
2020-2022
Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
Queensland University of Technology
Studied a Bachelor of Communication, majoring in Journalism and minoring in Advertising Works. During my degree, I was on executive comittiess for the QUT Music Society and the QUT Journalism Network.
2014-2019
High School
Grace Lutheran College
Went to high school in Brisbane and achieved an OP 5 (25 point scale). Studied Mathematics B, English, Religion and Ethics, Physical Education, Physics, Chemistry, Film and Television, Music, Music Extension.
I also was the chair of the Student Representative Council and a member of a variety of ensembles.