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Skip to contentFor more than 20 years Sharon has reported on important stories both locally and internationally for ABC Radio. One of her documentaries prompted an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into the use of prison informers. She covered the first democratic election in South Africa for Radio National, and was present in the refugee camps in Macedonia when Kosovars streamed across the border to escape the war.
Sharon has won numerous awards for her work, including three Walkley awards, the Human Rights Award, the George Munster Award for Independent Journalism, and the International Women in Film and Radio Award. In 2000 she was awarded an International Reuters Scholarship to study at Oxford University.
In 1995 Sharon took leave from the ABC to work as a media trainer with disadvantaged groups in South Africa. She lived and worked there for three years.
Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.walkleys.com/winners/database.html; ABC radio website
Nikki Henningham
Created: 31 October 2007, Last modified: 13 October 2008
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