Rae Johnston

Journalist

NITV & ABC

Rae Johnston is a Wiradjuri woman who was born and raised on Darug and Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains, NSW. A multi-award-winning journalist, she currently travels the country as a host on NITV’s Going Places with Ernie Dingo, and ABC’s Back Roads.

An accomplished podcast producer, Rae has worked on Harmful (SBS), 100 Climate Conversations (Powerhouse Museum), and Download This Show (ABC). She hosts the Next Gen podcast with UNICEF Australia, for whom she is an ambassador.

Rae serves on the boards of the Telstra Foundation and Swinburne University of Technology, and Swinburne’s Technology, Innovation, and Value Creation Committee.