In Situ / Photo by Snehargho Ghosh
Hi! I’m Beth Atkinson-Quinton. I’m a broadcaster, audio producer and journalist living and working in Birraranga/Melbourne, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects, and my rent.
I am the co-founder of podcast network Broadwave and a freelance audio journalist and producer. I’ve produced for The Guardian, ABC Radio National, SBS, Schwartz Media, the Wheeler Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, and FBi Radio, among others. I am a recipient of the 2022 Our Watch Fellowship program which focuses on responsible reporting on issues of gendered violence and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Recently, I’ve worked as: a supervising producer on Dig: Saving The Franklin (ABC); the series producer on podcast Bad Taste (SBS); producer for daily news podcast Full Story (Guardian Australia); a fill host for daily news podcast 7am (Schwartz Media); a co-producer of season two of Tender (Broadwave) which won the 2022 Our Watch Award for Excellence in Reporting on Violence Against Women and Children at the Walkley Foundation’s Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism, the 2022 Australian International Documentary Conference Award for Best Audio Documentary, and Gold for Best Social Justice Podcast at the 2022 New York Festivals Radio Awards.
Prior to that, as a Senior Audio Producer at the Wheeler Centre I produced podcasts, edited the Australian Audio Guide and run national podcast fellowship, Signal Boost. I co-produced season two of Better Off Dead alongside Andrew Denton, a podcast investigating Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying law.
As a broadcaster, I presented and produced weekly books and arts show The Glasshouse on Triple R (2018 - 2022) and prior to that I was a presenter and producer on The Breakfast Spread on PBS 106.7FM.
I have appeared as an artist and facilitator for Audiocraft Podcast Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, the Walkley Foundation, National Young Writers Festival and ABC’s OzPod Festival. I have taught radio, podcasting and audio storytelling at tertiary institutions including RMIT, Monash University, Deakin University and Collarts.