Beverley Wang is a broadcaster and journalist based in Melbourne. Her journalism experience ranges from newspaper and wire service reporting to radio producing, presenting and podcasting.

She’s also an experienced and engaging moderator, speaker and trainer who has appeared at events for The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne Writers Festival, Antidote at the Sydney Opera House, Emerging Writers Festival, Audiocraft Podcasting festival and Express Media’s National Editors and Writers Conference.

Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Beverley earned her MA in journalism at NYU, and is a former journalist for The Associated Press. Since arriving in Australia in 2009, Beverley has made national and international programs for many ABC radio networks, serving as executive producer of RN Drive from 2012 to 2017. She’s the creator and host of It’s Not A Race, a popular ABC podcast about race, racism and identity in Australia, which led to profiles in The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Liminal and Peril. Beverley is a strong advocate for representation in the media, and was named ABC Radio’s 2017 diversity champion.

She has appeared on ABC TV news programs Matter of Fact with Stan Grant and National Wrap, talking about culture, media and politics.

These days you can hear Beverley regularly presenting Stop Everything! ABC RN’s weekly pop culture show.

Stay up to date with Beverley Wang on Twitter.

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