Jenny Brockie (born 1954 or 1955) is an Australian journalist and documentary-maker, she has previously hosted the SBS program, ''

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''. Brockie has spent more than 20 years in broadcasting, reporting nationally and internationally for ABC current affairs programs including ''

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'' and ''Nationwide''.

Early life

Brockie was born in

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, an only child. Brockie's father died when she was four years old.

Career

Brockie started as a Cadet Journalist with the ABC in the early 1970's and began her broadcasting career with ABC television and radio news. She presented the morning radio show on

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as well as her own interview series for ''Speaking Personally'' for ABC TV. Her feature-length television documentaries have won various awards. Her film ''Cop It Sweet'' about Sydney's Redfern police won the coveted 1992

Gold Walkley The Gold Walkley is the major award of the Walkley Awards The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic ...

, a 1992

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for Best Television Documentary, a

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, a Human Rights Award and the NSW Law Society Award. In 2001, Brockie was appointed host of the current affairs show ''

'' on

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. In October 2020, Brockie announced her resignation from ''

,'' after hosting the show for two decades.

Awards and honours

In 2008, Brockie received a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award for her work on ''Insight''.

References

External links

Profile from Jenny Brockie's agent
1950s births Living people Australian women television journalists Australian women television presenters Walkley Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-tv-bio-stub