Karla Grant
Karla Grant is an Australian presenter, producer and journalist for the SBS's national Indigenous current affairs program Living Black , focusing on issues concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within Australia.
Personal life
[edit ]Grant was born in Adelaide to a Dutch father and an Aboriginal mother. She is a descendant of the Western Arrernte people.[1]
Grant was married for 16 years to television presenter Stan Grant until 2000. They have three children.[1] [2]
Media career
[edit ]Grant hosted Aboriginal Australia on Channel 10, a programme which was also directed towards Australia's Indigenous community.[3]
In 1994, she joined SBS, originally as producer, reporter, director and presenter on the Walkley Award-winning programme ICAM , SBS's first Indigenous current affairs show.[3]
In 2002, she began hosting Living Black.[4]
In 2009, Grant was appointed Executive Producer of the SBS coverage of the Deadly Awards.[5]
During 2018, Grant was awarded a First Nations Media Award for Best Interview for the episode of Living Black in which she interviewed former prime minister Kevin Rudd.[6]
In 2018, Grant was a co-recipient at the Kennedy Awards, where she won the John Newfong Award for Excellence in Indigenous Reporting for her work on the SBS program The Point.[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Molitorisz, Sacha (19 March 2009). "Why a six year old program is an elder". The Age. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Karla's wish is Granted". Sydney Confidential. Daily Telegraph. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Karla Grant". Living Black. Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Living Black returns with a new face, tougher edge". National Indigenous Times. 20 January 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ Executive Producer - Karla Grant, 2014年5月29日, retrieved 27 May 2019
- ^ a b "Karla Grant". ANZSOG. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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