Belinda Hawkins
Author, Journalist and Reporter
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Specialty Areas
Education, International Development and Issues, Media and Communications, Politics
About Me
Belinda Hawkins has reported on national and international events for ABC TV and SBS TV for almost 30 years, filing from countries as diverse as Nigeria, Eritrea, Cuba, Germany and Russia. For the past twelve years she has been a senior journalist with ABC TV’s Australian Story program. Her documentary work has been recognised with a raft of awards, among them a Walkley award, seven Quill awards, four New York Festival Medals and four United Nations Media Peace Awards. She started her working life as high school teacher in country Victoria.
Belinda is the author of Every Parent’s Nightmare, the true story of young Australian Jock Palfreeman and his father’s struggle to free him from a Bulgarian prison.
