Lisa Millar
Lisa Millar is an Australian Walkley Award winning journalist, primarily employed as a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), who is currently its Europe Bureau Chief.
Millar grew up in the small country town of Kilkivan, before beginning her journalism career in newspapers, with a cadet-ship for The Gympie Times and then Brisbane's afternoon tabloid newspaper, The Sun, until it closed down. She next moved north to Townsville, where she worked for the regional television broadcaster, WIN TV, for a year, after which she crossed to the ABC as its North Queensland correspondent, covering a large area stretching from Torres Strait to the outback mining community of Mount Isa, and down to the Whitsunday island chain. She then worked in the Federal Press Gallery in Canberra for the ABC, including during the 1996 federal election campaign, which saw John Howard become Prime Minister.
Millar moved back to Queensland where she became ABC's State Political Reporter, covering the rise and fall of the right wing politician Pauline Hanson and her party, One Nation. Millar was elected president of the 30-strong Brisbane press gallery and was co-anchor for the ABC's state election coverage in 1998 and 2001. She also reported for ABC radio in Queensland and was a regular commentator on Queensland issues for the ABC's Sydney metropolitan radio station, 702.
In 2001 she was assigned as the ABC's North American correspondent, based in Washington, before returning to Australia in 2005. She was part of the team that won the 2005 Walkely Award for Investigative Journalism for the story that discovered Vivian Solon in the Philippines.[1]
In 2007 she was awarded an Ochberg Fellowship by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma for creating a DVD to assist journalists who experience grief or trauma.[2][3]
She returned to Washington in July 2009[4] to become the ABC's North American Bureau Chief[5] and held that position for 6 years. In 2012 she spent several months on assignment to the ABC's Europe bureau in London, covering the Olympic Games and other major stories, before returning to the Washington bureau.
In 2015 she was appointed as Bureau Chief to the ABC's London bureau,[6] replacing Philip Williams. Lisa has been based in London since September 2015.