- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3116
Vatsikopoulos, Helen
(1960 – )- Born 1 January, 1960, Florina Greece
- Occupation Journalist, Television Journalist
Summary
Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist and news presenter for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Vatsikopoulos hosted the Dateline current affairs program on SBS and is currently hosting the Asia Pacific Focus program which screens on the ABC and the Australia Network.
She has a B.A from Adelaide University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism for the then Adelaide College of Arts and Education.
Details
Helen Vatsikopoulos describes a career highlight as deciding to drive across the northern Indian state of Punjab instead of catching the train. The train she intended to catch later made international headlines after it was ambushed by Sikh militants who boarded it and shot several passengers.
Events
- 1985 - 1970
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Vatsikopoulos, Helen (1960-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-502824