Alice Walker
She then joined the Radio National arts team in Melbourne, producing programs on visual art, books, and pop culture. She worked on the award-winning Black Summer bushfire coverage at ABC Gippsland, and produced a half-hour feature on the fires in Cann River for RN's Earshot program.
After a stint at ABC Melbourne, she headed back to regional Victoria to work at ABC Goulburn Murray in Wodonga. She has embraced the border life, surviving her first Murray float sunburn-free.
She presents the local Mornings program, and the daily Regional Riff segment to six of the regional Victorian stations. Catch her on ABC Goulburn Murray at 7.20am for the Riff, and 10am for Mornings.
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