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Aela Callan is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, Germany.
Callan began her career in Perth at 6PR radio in 1999, before working in the Canberra press gallery, Sydney's 2UE radio. [1] and Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2008, Callan won a Walkley Award, for excellence in Australian journalism. [2] In 2013-14 Callan was selected for the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford where she studied ways to combat hate speech online in Myanmar. [3] She was also the recipient of the Gold UNDPI Award at the New York Festivals Film and Television Awards in 2014, [4] for her film "It's a Man's World," which appeared on the Al Jazeera Network's program 101 East [5]
Between 2009 and 2013, Callan lived in Asia and filed reports for Channel Seven and Al Jazeera Television. The many events she covered include Myanmar's 2010 elections, [6] the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, [7] and Thailand's 2010 violent street protests. [8] Her documentary work has focused on topics around women's rights, [9] [10] and the environment [11]
