Miriam Corowa

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Miriam Corowa
Born
Miriam Corowa

(1975-02-07) 7 February 1975 (age 49) [1]
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
CitizenshipFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • television presenter
  • producer
  • director
Employer Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Miriam Corowa (born 7 February 1975 [1] ) is an Australian journalist, presenter, producer, and director.

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Corowa is primarily known for her roles with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS); she was the host of Message Stick from 2008 to 2010, and has been a newsreader for ABC News since 2012.

Corowa is the current weekend presenter of ABC News at Noon .

Early life

Corowa was born in Adelaide. Her mother, who has Indigenous Australian heritage, worked for land councils and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. [2] She is a member of the Minyangbal and Bundjalung people who also has South Sea Islander heritage; [3] [4] Corowa's great grandfather arrived in Australia from Vanuatu in the 1890s. [1] Her father was a British immigrant to Australia who worked at the State Theatre Company of South Australia. [2]

At six months old, Corowa moved with her mother and her older sister Tina to Lismore in northeastern New South Wales. [2] [1] She was the only Aboriginal child in her preschool. Corowa went on to complete work experience at ABC 2NR [5] and graduate from Lismore High School. [6] [7]

Career

Corowa studied history, philosophy, and politics at the Australian National University and the University of Sydney, [1] graduating in 1998. She began her career as a production assistant for Indigenous Current Affairs Magazine (the predecessor show to Living Black ) on SBS. She later moved into the newsroom at SBS World News , where she wrote weekend weather reports for veteran presenter Lee Lin Chin, [5] and after completing a cadetship in 2003, became a TV reporter herself. [8]

In May 2006, [9] Corowa joined the ABC as a producer for Message Stick , a TV series focused on Indigenous Australian culture and current events. She replaced former senator Aden Ridgeway as the host of the program between 2008 and 2010. [9] In her time at Message Stick, Corowa also directed and/or wrote long-form documentary segments about Terri Janke, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Paul Fleming, and Bangarra Dance Theatre. [10]

Corowa joined the ABC News team in 2012, as a co-host of ABC News Weekend Breakfast alongside Andrew Geoghegan. She remained a newsreader on the ABC throughout the 2010s, most recently as the weekend presenter of ABC News at Noon , and has hosted the ABC's commemorative programs of national events such as Anzac Day and Australia Day. [8]

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  2. 1 2 3 Rocca, Jane (19 January 2018). "Four prominent women on why they are proud to be Australian". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ Gokalp, Mertim. "Indigenous Fire - Portrait of Miriam Corowa". Bluethumb.
  4. ↑ ""Pushing boundaries and breaking down stereotypes was very much my motivation."". ABC Indigenous. 28 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 Corowa, Miriam (29 August 2020). "ABC Indigenous journalist Miriam Corowa on cultural diversity in TV news and her personal struggles and triumphs". ABC News (Australia) .
  6. ↑ Carrero, Melissa (8 September 2011). "Keira has the write stuff". The Northern Star.
  7. ↑ "INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT EXPOS – NOWRA AND KALARU". Regional Development Australia - Far South Coast. 31 August 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Miriam Corowa". Platinum Speakers.
  9. 1 2 "ABC TV brings new face to Message Stick". IF Magazine. 19 December 2007.
  10. ↑ "The Black List: Film and TV projects since 1970 with Indigenous Australians in key creative roles" (PDF). Screen Australia. 1 August 2014.



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