2023 Kennedy Awards finalist for Student of the Year and 2024 UTS graduate with a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism).
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• Pitched unique story ideas daily
• Shadowed reporters at court
• Gained new skill set and security training
• Pitch story ideas
• Read bulletins live
• Interview live
• Using editorial judgment to write a news list with potential stories for the day
• Listening to student pitches and brainstorming story concepts
• Developing and creating news articles on local and worldwide news
• 6-week international internship in Jakarta Indonesia
• Shadowed other reporters, created news articles, pitched creative ideas
• Worked with the features, general news desk and production teams
Kennedy Awards 2023: Finalist for Student Journalist of the Year
JERAA Ossie Awards: Highly Commended for Investigative Journalism
•NIDA TV Presenting Techniques Course
• Microsoft Office & Adobe Softwares (Premier Pro, Photoshop, Audition)
• NewsCorp Training: NCA Tier Two Breaking News Safety and Security.
• Media Diversity Australia: Google News training
• Central News broadcast workshop training