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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 [[Field hockey|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]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Checkout our home grown talent|website=[[ABC Online]]|first=Laura|last=Hegarty|date=27 February 2014|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/02/27/3953181.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast|title=Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek|website=[[Boxcutters (podcast)|Boxcutters]]|date=21 March 2013|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.boxcutters.net/2013/03/21/episode333/}}</ref> |
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 [[Field hockey|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]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Checkout our home grown talent|website=[[ABC Online]]|first=Laura|last=Hegarty|date=27 February 2014|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/02/27/3953181.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast|title=Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek|website=[[Boxcutters (podcast)|Boxcutters]]|date=21 March 2013|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.boxcutters.net/2013/03/21/episode333/}}</ref> |
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Drysdale was born and raised in [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland.<ref name="daily-mercury"/ |
Drysdale was born and raised in [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland.<ref name="daily-mercury"/> |
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Revision as of 03:06, 18 December 2017
Kirsten Drysdale | |
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 Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014 | |
| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | 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 is 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]
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.[4][5]
Drysdale was born and raised in Mackay, Queensland.[2]
References
- ^ "Who Do They Think They Are?". The Checkout. Series 3. Episode 3.
- ^ a b Frost, Pamela (16 March 2013). "TV hit for local lass on The Checkout". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/talkingshop/.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Hegarty, Laura (27 February 2014). "Checkout our home grown talent". ABC Online. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek". Boxcutters (Podcast). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
External links
- Kirsten Drysdale at IMDb
- Profile on ABC Radio National website