QUALIFICATIONS

B.A. (Hons) Melbourne University

Grad. Dip. (Opera) Victorian College of the Arts

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, RMIT University

A. Mus. A. (clarinet), AMEB

Career Summary

Seventeen years experience as a journalist, producer and presenter across radio, television, multimedia and print, specialising in reporting on the arts and popular culture.

Columnist, opinion writer, theatre critic and book reviewer.

Professional event host, curator and public speaker.

Singer, clarinettist and choral conductor, recording artist, founder of several singing ensembles, producer of concerts in venues ranging from the Hamer Hall through to CBD building sites.

Professional editor and media consultant, and lecturer at secondary and tertiary educational institutions.

Active board member of several community and arts organisations.

Published short fiction writer.

EMPLOYMENT

2006 - 2008

Host of Melbourne University Up Close, audio interviews with Melbourne University academics, podcast on MU website

Lecturer in Journalism and Non Fiction, RMIT University and Deakin University

Host of City of Stonnington forums, Roosters and Feather Dusters

Freelance print journalist, broadcaster, musician and event host

2001 – 2005

Presenter of The Deep End program on ABC Radio National (2005)

Freelance journalist and weekly columnist for The Age newspaper

Theatre/dance/music critic for The Sunday Age

Melbourne Festival reporter, ABC Local Radio

Book reviewer for ABC Online and The Age

Guest editor, Habitat magazine - Australian Conservation Foundation (2002)

Media consultant, City of Port Phillip

Curator and MC, Sunday Soapbox public forums at the Victorian Arts Centre (2004)

Judge, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (2003)

Lecturer/Media Trainer: Deakin University, Latrobe University, Melbourne University RMIT University, Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE, SBS Radio,The Wilderness Society

Public Speaker/Moderator/Curator

Voice-Over consultant

Freelance Musician

2000

Cultural Commentator and Book Reviewer, 774 ABC Melbourne and Radio National

Editor, Signal arts website, ABC Online

Producer/Reporter, The Law Report, Radio National

Freelance journalist

Consultant Programming Advisor, 3MBS FM

1998 - 1999

Presenter/Producer, Sunday Arts, 774 ABC Melbourne

Relief Presenter, Afternoon Program, 774 ABC Melbourne

Presenter, Snapshots and Creating a Scene, ABC TV

1994 – 1998

Reporter/Producer/Relief Presenter, Arts Today, ABC Radio National

Presenter, Radio National, Friday nights (1996)

Reporter, 3LO and Triple J

1993

Producer/Reporter, Drive program, ABC Radio National

Producer, Morning program on 3LO and The Law Report on Radio National

Presenter, Radio National Sundays

1991 – 1992

Producer/Presenter, Public Radio News (independent, non-profit radio production house)

Freelance contributor, ABC Radio Nationall and Triple J

Musical Director/Administrator, Victorian Trade Union Choir

Artistic Director/Administrator, 1991 Labour Day Concert, Melbourne Concert Hall

Coordinator and Judge, 1991 National Labour Day Song Award

1990 – 1991

Community Arts Officer, Victorian Trades Hall Council

Founder/Musical Director, Victorian Trade Union Choir

Freelance Reporter, Public Radio News

Leader, ACF Youth Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Ozone Depletion, London (June 1990)

1987 – 1989

National Campaign Officer, Australian Conservation Foundation