About

Bronwyn started her career in journalism as a radio current affairs reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), reporting for the AM, The World Today, and PM programs. During her time at the ABC she also worked as a radio documentary maker for the Background Briefing program.

She left the ABC to spend time travelling overseas, and when she returned to Australia she began working as a video journalist for the international affairs program Dateline on SBS Television Australia. Over the eight years Bronwyn worked for Dateline she travelled to dozens of countries as a solo video journalist: researching, reporting and filming. She reported from Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Eastern Europe, the United States, Africa, and many other places in between. Her stories exposed human rights abuses, the secrets and lies of governments, and the untold lives of ordinary people. In 2003, she was the first journalist ever to gain access to the inside of a refugee detention centre on the remote island of Nauru, her story winning a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award. She also reported extensively on the US counter-terrorism strategy of ‘Extraordinary Rendition’, winning a George Munster Award for her work into the rendition of Mamdouh Habib, an Australian citizen who was held by the US as an enemy combatant.

For the past decade Bronwyn has worked as a freelance journalist and writer, including for the ABC, The Saturday Paper and The Monthly.

2018

Finalist Human Rights Commission Media Award, for ‘Sick on the Inside”, The Monthly.

2017

Finalist Walkley Awards, Coverage of Regional Affairs, ‘Rush to Judgement’ in the Griffith Review.

2016

Finalist Walkley Awards, Coverage of Indigenous Affairs, for “Indigenous fishing rights caught in the net” and “Aboriginal Fishing: When culture becomes criminal”

Finalist Our Watch Awards – Best Longform, for ‘Sis we’ve got your back’.

Finalist Amnesty international Australia Media Awards, radio category, ‘Sis we’ve got your back’.

Finalist United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards, Promotion of Indigenous Recognition, “Aboriginal Fishing: When culture becomes criminal”

2012

‘The Dispossessed’ selected for inclusion in anthology ‘The Best Australia Business Writing 2012’.

2007

Finalist, United Nations Media Peace Awards, “Television Documentary”

“Fiji – After the Coup”. Dateline SBS Television

2006

Finalist, United Nations Media Peace Awards, “Women’s Rights and Issues”

“Indonesia; Pornography and Politics”.Dateline SBS Television

2005

Winner George Munster Award for Independent Journalism

“The Extraordinary Rendition of Mamdouh Habib”. Dateline, SBS Television

Awarded by the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, this award recognizes excellence in independent journalism.

Finalist TV Week Logie Awards, “Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report”

“The Extraordinary Rendition of Mamdouh Habib”. Dateline, SBS Television

2004

Finalist, TV Week Logie Awards, “Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report”

“Inside Nauru; Pacific Despair”. Dateline SBS Television

2003

Winner, United Nations Media Peace Award, “Best Television”

“Inside Nauru; Pacific Despair” Dateline SBS Television

Winner, United Nations Media Peace Award, “Promotion of Resolution and Understanding of Environmental Issues”

“Zambia – Can Beggars be Choosers?”

Special Commendation, United Nations Media Peace Award.

“Congo – Blue Helmets Under Siege” Dateline SBS Television

Finalist, Walkley Awards, Television Current Affairs”

“Inside Nauru – Pacific Despair”

1999

Finalist, Walkley Awards, Best Radio Documentary

“The UN and Rwanda – Abandoned to Genocide?” ABC Radio National, Background Briefing

1998