Helen Vatsikopoulos | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Technology Sydney |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, academic, documentary film-maker |
Employer(s) | Special Broadcasting Service, Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Television | Dateline, Foreign Correspondent, Lateline, Asia Pacific Focus |
Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist, academic and documentary film-maker.
Helen Vatsikopoulos was born in Florina and early in her life lived in Laimos, a village in Western Macedonia, Greece. [1] One of her grandmothers was a Slavophone Macedonian, her father identified as a Greek and some members of her family as Macedonian. [2] She and her parents immigrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] Vatsikopoulos was raised in a working class family and they were involved in the local Greek community. [3] In her youth, she had a patriotic Greek upbringing and on weekends attended Greek language school. [4] Vatsikopoulos considered herself Greek Macedonian during the Macedonia naming dispute. [5]
For 27 years, Vatsikopoulos was a journalist and served as an international reporter early on in her career. [6] As a reporter, she worked for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and also hosted their Dateline current affairs program. [7] [5] [8] At the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) she was a reporter for the Foreign Correspondent program, a reporter and producer for Lateline and was host on the Asia Pacific Focus program and the Australia Network. [7] [8]
Later in life, Vatsikopoulos researched her family history and for her doctorate, the topics of migration, complex ethno-linguistic identities and the Greek Civil War. [9] In September 2011, Vatsikopoulos joined the University of Technology, Sydney and is a lecturer in Journalism and holds a Doctorate in Creative Arts (2019). [8]
In 1992, Vatsikopoulos won a Walkley Award for All Media/Best International Report for her body of work on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, for SBS's Dateline. [10]
Helen Vatsikopoulos | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Technology Sydney |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, academic, documentary film-maker |
Employer(s) | Special Broadcasting Service, Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Television | Dateline, Foreign Correspondent, Lateline, Asia Pacific Focus |
Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist, academic and documentary film-maker.
Helen Vatsikopoulos was born in Florina and early in her life lived in Laimos, a village in Western Macedonia, Greece. [1] One of her grandmothers was a Slavophone Macedonian, her father identified as a Greek and some members of her family as Macedonian. [2] She and her parents immigrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] Vatsikopoulos was raised in a working class family and they were involved in the local Greek community. [3] In her youth, she had a patriotic Greek upbringing and on weekends attended Greek language school. [4] Vatsikopoulos considered herself Greek Macedonian during the Macedonia naming dispute. [5]
For 27 years, Vatsikopoulos was a journalist and served as an international reporter early on in her career. [6] As a reporter, she worked for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and also hosted their Dateline current affairs program. [7] [5] [8] At the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) she was a reporter for the Foreign Correspondent program, a reporter and producer for Lateline and was host on the Asia Pacific Focus program and the Australia Network. [7] [8]
Later in life, Vatsikopoulos researched her family history and for her doctorate, the topics of migration, complex ethno-linguistic identities and the Greek Civil War. [9] In September 2011, Vatsikopoulos joined the University of Technology, Sydney and is a lecturer in Journalism and holds a Doctorate in Creative Arts (2019). [8]
In 1992, Vatsikopoulos won a Walkley Award for All Media/Best International Report for her body of work on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, for SBS's Dateline. [10]