Helen Vatsikopoulos

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Helen Vatsikopoulos
Born (1960-01-01) 1 January 1960 (age 64)
Florina, Greece
Alma mater University of Technology Sydney
Occupation(s)Journalist, academic, documentary film-maker
Employer(s) Special Broadcasting Service, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Television Dateline, Foreign Correspondent , Lateline , Asia Pacific Focus

Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist, academic and documentary film-maker.

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Life

Helen Vatsikopoulos was born in Florina and early in her life lived in Laimos, a village in Western Macedonia, Greece. [1] One of her grandmothers was a Slavophone Macedonian, her father identified as a Greek and some members of her family as Macedonian. [2] She and her parents immigrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] Vatsikopoulos was raised in a working class family and they were involved in the local Greek community. [3] In her youth, she had a patriotic Greek upbringing and on weekends attended Greek language school. [4] Vatsikopoulos considered herself Greek Macedonian during the Macedonia naming dispute. [5]

For 27 years, Vatsikopoulos was a journalist and served as an international reporter early on in her career. [6] As a reporter, she worked for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and also hosted their Dateline current affairs program. [7] [5] [8] At the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) she was a reporter for the Foreign Correspondent program, a reporter and producer for Lateline and was host on the Asia Pacific Focus program and the Australia Network. [7] [8]

Later in life, Vatsikopoulos researched her family history and for her doctorate, the topics of migration, complex ethno-linguistic identities and the Greek Civil War. [9] In September 2011, Vatsikopoulos joined the University of Technology, Sydney and is a lecturer in Journalism and holds a Doctorate in Creative Arts (2019). [8]

Awards

In 1992, Vatsikopoulos won a Walkley Award for All Media/Best International Report for her body of work on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, for SBS's Dateline. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vatsikopoulos 2022 , p. 3.
  2. ↑ Vatsikopoulos 2022 , pp. 12–13.
  3. ↑ Vatsikopoulos 2022 , p. 4.
  4. ↑ Vatsikopoulos 2022 , pp. 6–7.
  5. 1 2 Vatsikopoulos 2022 , p. 9.
  6. ↑ Vatsikopoulos 2022 , p. 2.
  7. 1 2 Baker, Richard; McKenzie, Nick; Spencer, Sue; Besser, Linton; Welch, Dylan; Vatsikopoulos, Helen (2012). "Panel discussion-investigative case studies". Pacific Journalism Review. 18 (1): 45.
  8. 1 2 3 "Biography of Helen Vatsikopoulos". University of Technology, Sydney. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Vatsikopoulos, Helen (2022). "Bearing Witness: Becoming Greek in the Diaspora". In M. F. Gerry, Thomas (ed.). Legacies of Ancient Greece in Contemporary Perspectives. Vernon Press. pp. 2, 14–17. ISBN   9781648894459.
  10. ↑ "Walkley Winners Archive - Helen Vatsikopoulos". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2017.


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