Charlotte Hamlyn (born c. 1987[1]) is a Western Australian journalist, reporter, and news presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Hamlyn graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2008 with a degree in Communications/English,[2] and started her media career working for a newspaper in Kalgoorlie.[1] In 2008 and 2009 she was an exchange student at the University of Pennsylvania.[2][3]

She started at the ABC in 2009,[2] working as a journalist and reporter, travelling around Western Australia, and overseas for Foreign Correspondent.[4][5] She also regularly appeared on ABC Radio Perth,[6] including co-hosting the weekend Breakfast program.[4]

Hamlyn presented the ABC News for one month in 2013, filling in while James McHale was on leave.[1][5] She presented that news on Friday-Sunday from September 2020[6][7] until August 2021 when she went on maternity leave.[8] She was replaced by Briana Shepherd,[8] then returned in June 2022.[9][10]

Hamlyn is a member of the board of the arts organisation Form.[2][11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Storytelling easy as ABC for Charlotte Hamlyn". PerthNow. West Australian Newspapers. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Charlotte Hamlyn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Charlotte Hamlyn". Business News. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Charlotte Hamlyn". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Race to be ABC Anchor". The West Australian. 23 July 2020 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ a b "Pamela Medlen to anchor ABC News WA weeknights". TV Tonight. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Pamela Medlen". Radioinfo. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b Charlotte Hamlyn [@charlottehamlyn] (1 August 2021). "Big girl signing off for now. *ditches scripts* Much love and thanks to the @abcperth gang" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via Twitter. ... my last bulletin for a little while. I'm off to give this motherhood thing a go.
  9. ^ "Friday 17 June 2022". ABC News WA. 17 June 2022. Event occurs at 29:54. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Charlotte Hamlyn will be back with you tomorrow.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Saturday 18 June 2022". ABC News WA. 18 June 2022. Event occurs at 00:37. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Good evening, Charlotte Hamlyn with ABC news. It's good to be back.
  11. ^ "Who We Are : Our People". Form. Retrieved 17 January 2021.