Patricia Karvelas
Patricia Karvelas | |
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Born | Australia |
Other names | PK |
Occupation | Australian radio presenter |
Known for | Current affairs journalism and Political correspondence |
Patricia Karvelas is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent.
Karvelas currently hosts RN Drive on Radio National and Afternoon Briefing on ABC News.
Education[]
Karvelas attended University High School[1] and graduated from RMIT University.[2]
Career[]
Karvelas's journalism career began around the year 2000 with the ABC and SBS.[3] She has previously worked for The Australian newspaper, covering federal politics,[4] and Sky News Australia, presenting a weekly program, Karvelas.[5] While at the Australian, Karvelas authored a series of six articles[4] relating to a tweet made by Aboriginal Australian legal academic and writer Larissa Behrendt, which Ms Behrendt has described as a character assassination.[6]
Karvelas has presented Radio National's program RN Drive since January 2015 and hosted Afternoon Briefing, a national affairs television program on the ABC News 24 channel, since 2018.[7] She has also co-hosted a weekly political podcast, The Party Room, with Fran Kelly since April 2016.[8] In 2018, she commenced as host of the weekly interview-based national affairs program National Wrap.[9]
In 2019 and 2020, she spoke at WOMADelaide.[10]
Personal life[]
Karvelas is Greek-Australian, her parents originate from the Peloponnese region of Greece.[11]
References[]
- ^ Johnson, Natasha (25 April 2021). "ABC's Patricia Karvelas on her experience of Parliament's toxic 'sexist' culture and how a childhood tragedy shaped her". ABC Backstory. ABC. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ RMIT website, https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/may/next-gen-journalism-students-broadcast-federal-election. Accessed 3 May, 2020.
- ^ "RN Drive". ABC Radio National Programs. ABC. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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
- ^ "Patricia Karvelas". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "The Party Room". ABC Radio National Programs. ABC. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "National Wrap."
- ^ "WOMADelaide Artists". womadelaide.com.au 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ Baird, Julia (4 June 2015). "Anything But with RN's Patricia Karvelas". ABC News.
- Australian women journalists
- Australian radio journalists
- ABC radio (Australia) journalists and presenters
- Living people
- Women radio journalists
- Sky News Australia reporters and presenters
- Women television journalists