Latika M Bourke

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ABOUT LATIKA M BOURKE

An experienced journalist and newsbreaker with more than two decades in the industry, working in Australia, the UK and globally in television, print, digital, social media and radio. Latika began her career in her hometown of Bathurst in regional NSW, producing, writing and presenting radio news bulletins as well as producing and presenting local talkback programs.After graduating from university, she moved to Sydney to work for the now-defunct 2UE radio station and the national Macquarie Radio network as a general radio reporter, before being posted to the Canberra press gallery in 2009. In 2010, she was recruited by the ABC to be their first social media reporter alongside her duties as a federal political reporter, working online as well as for radio news, radio current affairs and television news. She also presented live television news bulletins on ABC\'s 24 News channel and presented a political television talk show. In 2014, she was recruited by The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age to join the Canberra bureau as a political reporter. In 2016, she moved to London to work as a breaking and international reporter for the papers and specialises in geopolitics, national security, defence and foreign affairs. She is an experienced moderator, MC and frequent media commentator appearing on the BBC and Monocole Radio. Her memoir, From India with Love was published in 2015.