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Lorena AllamProfile page
Industry Professor
Jumbunna Institute-Research
Orcid identifier0009-0005-7832-3859
- Industry ProfessorJumbunna Institute-Research
BIO
Lorena Allam is a four-time Walkley Award–winning journalist descended from the Yuwaalaraay and Gamilaraay people of northwest NSW, with forty years of experience working in the media.
After a 30 year career as journalist and broadcaster at the ABC working for News, Triple J, Radio National, TV and online, she joined the Guardian Australia in 2018 as its first Indigenous Affairs editor.
With a longstanding and demonstrated commitment to truth-telling in the media, particularly around Australia's colonial history, Lorena spent a decade producing and presenting history programming for the ABC. In forays outside journalism Lorena worked on the landmark Bringing them Home inquiry, and helmed the Indigenous collection at the National Film and Sound Archive.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Industry Professor in Truth-Telling researchUniversity of Technology Sydney, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, Sydney, Australia2025 - present
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY ORGANISATIONAL UNITS MEMBERSHIP
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Indigenous Affairs EditorThe Guardian Australia, Australia2018 - 2025
- Editor- ABC Indigenous Radio UnitAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2017 - 2018
- Manager- ABC Radio NationalAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2018 - 2018
- Executive Producer- ABC Radio FeaturesAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2016 - 2018
- Executive Producer- ABC Radio Digital FirstAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2016 - 2018
- Content Director- EarshotAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2015 - 2016
- Senior Indigenous CuratorNational Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton, Australia2011 - 2012
- Producer- 'Awaye!'Australian Broadcasting Corp, Social History Unit, Sydney, Australia1994 - 2009
- Executive Producer- Weekend ArtsAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2008 - 2015
- Presenter and Senior Producer- HindsightAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia2006 - 2014
- Contributing Writer- 'Many Voices: reflections on experiences of Indigenous child seperationNational Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia2002 - 2002
- Producer/ Researcher- Nightline with Ted KoppelAmerican Broadcasting Company, United States1998 - 1999
- Media Manager- National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Islander children from their familiesAustralian Government, Canberra, Australia1996 - 1997
- Media OfficerWorld Indigenous Youth Conference on Education, Australia1993 - 1993
- Co-ChairSecond World Indigenous Youth Conference, Switzerland1992 - 1993
- Triple J Journalist and NewsreaderAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia1990 - 1993
- Journalist and Sub-editor at ABC Radio NewsAustralian Broadcasting Corp, Sydney, Australia1989 - 1990
DEGREES
- Bachelor of CommunicationsCharles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia1 Apr 1987 - 1 Apr 1989
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Investigative JournalismColumbia University, School of Journalism, New York, United States1 Apr 2019 - 1 Apr 2019Postdoctoral Fellowship
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic