ABC RADIO DARWIN & THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
Content Director + Senior Producer + Presenter
Leader/Interviewer/Campaign Strategist/Content Generation/Sound Editing & Design
Creating content for a radio audience is all about taking something relatable and making it entertaining and informative for the audience.
In this piece I took an event from my real life, a baby bird had fallen from it’s nest and I didn’t know what to do, and crafted it into a creative and engaging storytelling piece to absorb the listener before following up with the solution from a wildlife expert.
In 2022 this piece won the ‘Best Long Form Audio - ABC Capital City Network’ award.
From the judges: “Subtle use of sfx and music adds a layer of texture and context to the spoken word style of storytelling. The narrative arc hooked you into the poignant conclusion which made you feel all kinds of emotions and set up the following interview to answer the questions raised in the story. It uses the strength of the radio/audio medium so well with strong storytelling and creating space for listeners to be part of the experience.”
A chance discovery whilst moving house reconnected me to perhaps the only family heirloom from my grandmother. It’s the most inane yet practical object with zero value to anyone else but me.
In this piece I showcase my creativity and humour combined with my own sound design and production to turn a simple question into an engaging piece of storytelling.
In 1992, Tim Hayward worked at a restaurant on Darwin's Stokes Hill Wharf and business was slow. Tim was also an amateur magician, so he proposed an idea to his boss Christo - what if he performed a death defying Houdini style escape, right there on the wharf. With any luck, that'll be good for business.
Christo said he was mad, and he was probably right. But Tim lived to tell the tale.
Presented by myself, embellished with subtle sound design to elevate and progress the story, this conversation shows my ability to guide an interviewee as they share their story.
To celebrate National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week I created the ‘Letter to your Elder’ campaign. I invited a number of young Indigenous Territorians to write a letter of gratitude to an influential elder or elders in their life. Read by the participant and delicately produced by myself.
Here I have demonstrated my commitment to invest in storytelling from our diverse community and giving voices often left unheard, a place to speak up.
CONVERSATIONS WITH RICHARD FIDLER AND
SARAH KANOWSKI
Senior Producer
Guest Curation/Intensive Researching/Scripting/Audio Editing
Deborah learnt to fly a plane as a teenager. While studying physics and maths at university she became a flying instructor. When she decided to become a commercial pilot she was extremely confident about the application she'd just sent to Ansett Australia.
But it became clear that Reg Ansett, the head of the airline, would never allow a woman to fly for him.
So Deborah went to the newly-created Equal Opportunity Board to take on Ansett, and won.
Lawrence Ryan, a.k.a Lawrence Legend has been jumping his motorbike over cars, buses and planes for decades. He does so knowing that many people in the audience want to see him crash, and sometimes he does.
Lawrence wanted to be a daredevil since he was a kid growing up in a famous Victorian homestead in Junee in country NSW, called Monte Cristo. As time went by, Lawrence and his family learnt the history of the place, which is now considered Australia's most haunted house.
From 2 weeks of age Deborah was raised by nurses in a children's home in rural Somerset in the UK. She was one of several thousand mixed-race children born during the war to visiting African-American GI's and British European women.
The social stigma of having a mixed-race child out of wedlock was too much for many mothers to cope with, and so many of the children were given up. Born without an identity or culture she searched for both without really understanding what she was looking for. Most importantly though Deborah was searching for her parents and the lost story of how and why she came to be.
For more than three decades, Harry has been taking boatloads of people into the wild rivers of the Northern Territory. Gigantic saltwater crocodiles follow his boat as it cruises down the Adelaide River, waiting to leap out of the water to snatch a piece of buffalo meat that Harry extends to them on a stick.
One of the largest crocs is named Brutus. Harry calls him his 'business partner'. Some years ago, Harry was called on to save Brutus' life, which required him to extract a long, thick tendril of African vine directly from the croc's mouth.
WHERE ARE YOU
TAKING ME?
Nominated for Best New Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards, Where Are You Taking Me? is guerrilla podcasting using field recordings and live interviews to take you to exotic destinations and communities. Each episode was recoded, edited and published in country before moving on to the next on a whirlwind year long adventure.
Creator + Co-Host + Editor
Recorded shortly before military rule returned to Myanmar in 2021, I was fascinated to hear from people who for decades had been silenced by the regime.
Mr Twe from Htwo Oo Myanmar Puppet Theatre explains why the word puppet was banned by the military rulers, and you’ll meet Fern Holm the guardian of a 100 year old mansion as she awaits for the hopeful return of it’s owner - the last prince of Hsipaw controversially missing since 1962.
Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to visit Petra thanks to Indiana Jones. When I arrived though I found out there was far more to Jordan and it’s people.
In this episode I visit the High Place of Sacrifice and make it out alive, volunteer with a local family in the Wadi Rum desert, and you’ll meet Ghaith Bahdousheh who started his own bookshop in a town where people just don’t read.
I loved Vietnam so much WAYTM? made two episodes starting in the south with Nam! I feel like a woman!
Beginning in Saigon I visit the trendy rooftop bar frequented by the press during the Vietnam war, where correspondents would sip on classic cocktails and watch the bombs fall. Secondly, you’ll meet Huynh, a teenager during the war, today he guides American war veterans through his rural home town as they seek closure for their involvement in the war.
First let me apologise for ruining your favourite song by The Bee Gees, but hear me out, you're about to fall in love deeply with Laos.
Our journey through Laos begins in the highlands as I zipline through a Gibbon conservation zone, then heading south to Luang Prabang’s Boun Lai Heua Fai festival of lights and finally a take a trip back to the Iron Age at the megalithic archaeological landscape, the mysterious Plain of Jars.