Rae Johnston

STEM journalist, podcast producer, and host

Rae Johnston is a Wiradjuri woman who was born and raised on Darug and Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains of NSW. A multi-award-winning journalist, she was the first Science & Technology Editor for NITV at SBS. 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 and host, Rae has worked on programs such as Harmful (SBS), 100 Climate Conversations (Powerhouse Museum), and Download This Show (ABC). She also hosts the Next Gen podcast with UNICEF Australia, for whom she is an Ambassador.

Rae currently serves on the boards of both the Telstra Foundation and Swinburne University of Technology, where she also sits on the Technology, Innovation, and Value Creation Committee.

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