Belinda Hawkins was a reporter with ABC TV and SBS for almost 40 years. During that time, she worked as a foreign correspondent in a range of locations including Cuba, Far East Siberia, Nigeria, Eritrea, and Germany. From 2001 to 2024, she worked on the distinguished ABC TV program Australian Story.
Her work has been recognised with many awards both in Australia and abroad, including two Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism, three New York Film Festival World Medals, six Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards, including the Gold Quill, and four United Nations Media Peace Awards.
Belinda has written a book called Every Parent’s Nightmare (Allen & Unwin) about a family saga and murder trial set in Bulgaria that was a subject of a two-part Australian Story called ‘Conviction’.
She has a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Melbourne and started her working life as high school teacher in rural Victoria. Belinda has a property on the Mornington Peninsula.
