In profile: Matthew Garrick
In profile: Matthew Garrick
Journalist and author, Matthew Garrick (OA2003), arrived at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in 2001 and showed plenty of promise in English and Visual Arts. He went on to study journalism at the University of Canberra in 2004, graduating with a Bachelor of Digital Communication and Media in 2007.
By Richard Hansen.
Matt cut his teeth in the industry by moving across the Nullarbor to Western Australia, first working in a local newsroom in Albany and then for 6WR Waringarri Radio in Kununurra.
After a brief stint overseas, he has been based in the Northern Territory since 2012, and in northern Australia since 2009, his passion and focus are on issues affecting the Top End and Darwin, Central Australia and Northeast Arnhem Land.
Formerly Features Editor at the NT News, he has lived in East Arnhem Land where he worked for the ABC, as a freelancer and as the editor of the local paper, the Arafura Times. He is now an award-winning writer and ABC News journalist based in Darwin.
In addition to his news reporting, Matt’s first book, Writing in the Sand, is an authorised biography of the ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Yothu Yindi. Matt has been following Yothu Yindi’s story since his dad took him as a kid to see them play in Sydney’s Centennial Park. He has written about the band extensively, formed close relationships with members and their families, and has worked as the band’s media coordinator and authorised biographer.
To see some of Matt’s work as an ABC journalist, click here
To purchase his book, click here
