Rural Podcasting Co.

Kirsten is an experienced emcee, from business awards to farm field days...bringing humour and professionalism.

Kirsten has worked as a TV and radio journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in both regional and metropolitan newsrooms. You can still hear her as a regular co-host on ABC Radio Melbourne’s The Conversation Hour and as a regular guest on ABC TV’s News Breakfast.

Kirsten founded the Rural Podcasting Co, a podcast coaching and agency service, specifically for people in rural areas. She has experience in media, marketing and knowledge-brokering in agriculture, and agtech previously working for Deakin University and agrifood venture capital firm, Tenacious Ventures. Kirsten also founded and co-hosts a podcast specifically for rural women, called ‘Ducks on the Pond.’ And her new podcast is Town Criers, to tell the big stories of the small towns of Australia.

Her topics of expertise include: how the media covers farming and agriculture, women's evolving role on farming, local news sustainability, podcasting and podcasting business and moving from the city to a farm (for love!)

Kirsten is also a PhD candidate at Deakin University, studying podcasting and local news sustainability.