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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.

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Personal life

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

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Molitorisz, Sacha (19 March 2009). "Why a six year old program is an elder". The Age. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Karla's wish is Granted". Sydney Confidential. Daily Telegraph. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Karla Grant". Living Black. Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Executive Producer - Karla Grant, SBS, 29 May 2014, retrieved 27 May 2019
  6. 1 2 "Karla Grant". ANZSOG. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.



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