Avani Dias
Sri Lankan Australian journalist and radio presenter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avani Dias (born 15 November 1991) is a Sri Lankan Australian journalist and radio presenter. She was the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)'s international foreign correspondent for South Asia, based in New Delhi until April 2024.[1] She will join Four Corners as a reporter after returning to Australia. Dias presented the current affairs program Hack on youth radio station Triple J from 2020 to 2021, after succeeding Tom Tilley at the end of 2019.[2][3]
Avani Dias | |
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Born | (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 32) Wattle Grove, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
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Years active | 2015–present |
Known for | Hosting Hack on Triple J |
Raised in South Western Sydney,[4] Dias completed her tertiary education at the University of Sydney, where she wrote for the student newspaper Honi Soit.[5] In her early career, she worked at independent radio station FBi Radio and the online newspaper The New Daily whilst also working as a production assistant at the ABC.[4] Dias received a cadetship at ABC News in 2015, becoming a video-journalist and later anchoring the Darwin 7PM News bulletin.[4][6]
Dias has won and been nominated for various journalistic awards, including Public Interest Award at the New South Wales Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards in 2019.