Patricia Karvelas
Patricia Karvelas is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent.
Patricia Karvelas | |
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Born | Australia |
Occupation | Australian radio presenter |
Known for | Current affairs journalism and Political correspondence |
Karvelas currently hosts RN Drive on Radio National and Afternoon Briefing on ABC News.
Education
Karvelas graduated from RMIT University [1]
Career
Karvelas has presented Radio National's program RN Drive since January 2015 and from 2018 she has hosted Afternoon Briefing, a national affairs television program on the ABC News 24 channel.[2]
She previously worked for The Australian newspaper, covering federal politics,[3] and Karvelas, a weekly program on Sky News Australia.[4] While at the Australian, Karvelas authored a series of six articles[3] relating to a tweet made by Aboriginal Australian legal academic and writer Larissa Behrendt, which Ms Behrendt has described as a character assassination.[5]
Since April 2016, Karvelas has cohosted with Fran Kelly a weekly political podcast The Party Room.[6]. In 2018, she commenced as host of the weekly interview-based national affairs program National Wrap.[7]
Her journalist career began around the year 2000 with the ABC and SBS[8]. In 2019, she spoke at WOMADelaide.[9]
Personal life
Karvelas is Greek-Australian, her parents originate from the Peloponnese region of Greece.[10]
References
- RMIT website, https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/may/next-gen-journalism-students-broadcast-federal-election. Accessed 3 May, 2020.
- "Patricia Karvelas". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ABC Radio National,"Patricia Karvelas."
- Sky News Australia, "Patricia Karvelas."
- John Huxley (7 May 2011). "Long life of a throwaway tweet". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 May 2011
- "The Party Room". ABC Radio National Programs. ABC. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "National Wrap."
- "RN Drive". ABC Radio National Programs. ABC. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "WOMADelaide Artists". womadelaide.com.au 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- Baird, Julia (4 June 2015). "Anything But with RN's Patricia Karvelas". ABC News.