CV
Key Skills
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Versatile, highly experienced writer and producer with a proven track record in news, features, editorial, satire and comedy.
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Experienced camera operator. capable of shooting news, b-roll, interviews, PTCs, et cetera.
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Strong editor - very comfortable with DaVinci Resolve, also comfortable with Avid and Premiere.
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Tip-to-tail knowledge of broadcast industry-standard production processes including, but not limited to: scripting, production, motion effects, sound design, and other post-production elements.
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Also familiar with: Pro Tools, ENPS, Vizrt, Final Cut, After Effects; Photoshop and InDesign.
Videographer
Freelance
December 2023 –
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Shooting, producing and editing news packages for AFP.
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Providing videography services for non-broadcast clients, including Kocktail, Speakerbuzz UK, and Deep End International.
Writer/Producer
2023 ARIA Awards
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Writing and producing fun, informative packages for Australia’s Brit Awards equivalent.
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Wrangling A-list talent across multiple time zones for interviews.
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Managing clearance and compliance in conjunction with record labels and film studios.
Channel 9, Australia
October–November 2023
Senior Segment Producer
The Project
Network Ten, Australia
May 2016–August 2023
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Researcher, writer, producer, journalist, edit supervisor, director, satirist, occasional polemicist; bespoke current affairs content, four–six nights a week.
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Anything and everything, from politics, sport, science, breaking news, explainers, and dispatches from the dark corners of the internet; if you can name it, chances are I produced a tight, informative, entertaining package about it… for a national audience, and on a same-day turnaround.
Key achievements:
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Go-to producer for major political guests (including Australian prime ministers and foreign heads of state), editorials, and other key segments.
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Agenda-shaping story impact, such as: ‘Finlandization’ explainer, (450,000 broadcast views, 1 million+ social media views)
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Fancy a bite? Here are some selected highlights.
Associate Producer
The Project
Network Ten, Australia
June 2014–May 2016
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Chasing interview talent, conducting grab interviews, and producing live, prerec and simsat interviews.
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Researching, sourcing and cutting vision, directing shoots, chasing statements (and appeasing PR flacks); absolutely everything required to pull a story together.
Key skills:
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Finding the people, perspectives, and hidden details to turn a simple news package into something compelling, through a combination of diligence, lateral thinking and sheer bloody-mindedness.
Writer/Editor
Freelance
March 2010–June 2014
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Writing for national outlets including The Guardian, Junkee and The Big Issue.
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Copywriting for record labels, academic papers, websites, et al (see early writing for more)