Davis, Sharon

For 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.

Events

c. 1988 -	Career in journalism active
1991	Walkley Award (Radio) - Best Investigative Report -Australian Broadcasting Corporation
1993	Walkley Award (Radio) - Best Investigative Report - 'Playing With Fire' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2003	Walkley Award (Radio) - Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - 'Crime and Punishment' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Nick Franklin)
2007	Walkley Award (Radio) - Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 'The Search for Edna Lavilla', with Eurydice Aroney

Related People

• Aroney, Eurydice

  Joint Walkley Award winners

Australian Women Exhibitions

• The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html. [ Details... ]