Kirsten Drysdale

Kirsten Drysdale
Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014
Born 1984 (age 33–34)
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Television presenter, journalist, actor
Notable work Hungry Beast, The Checkout , The Chaser's Election Desk

Kirsten Drysdale (born 1984)[1] is an Australian television presenter and journalist.

She was a writer and one of the main presenters on the ABC consumer affairs comedy programme, The Checkout.

She was a researcher and presenter for Hungry Beast and a researcher for The Hamster Wheel, The Hamster Decides and The Gruen Transfer.[2] She has also occasionally appeared on Radio National, where she hosted Talking Shop, a weekly series that delves deep into marketing spin and consumer psychology to find out why we buy what we buy - and how we can buy better, The series ended on August 5, 2014.[3] Drysdale has also written for Crikey, The Feed (Australian TV series) and The Global Mail.[4]

Before beginning her career at the ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in Brisbane that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions. During this time, she was also pursuing a sporting career, playing hockey for the Queensland Scorchers. After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in the ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, Project NEXT, which was later renamed Hungry Beast.[5][6]

Drysdale was born and raised in Mackay, Queensland.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Who Do They Think They Are?". The Checkout. Series 3. Episode 3.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Pamela (16 March 2013). "TV hit for local lass on The Checkout". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/talkingshop/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/kirsten-drysdale/5549556. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Hegarty, Laura (27 February 2014). "Checkout our home grown talent". ABC Online. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek". Boxcutters (Podcast). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2015.


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