Angela McCormack (born 1986 or 1987) is an Australian journalist, social media producer, photographer, filmmaker, and radio presenter from Sydney,

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. She currently works for

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's news and current affairs radio program ''

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''. McCormack conducted an interview with the Prime Minister of Australia

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on 22 July 2021, her handling of which received praise from multiple publications. McCormack has received accolades for her writing, including being the inaugural recipient of the Twitter Australia Music Journalist Award at the 2nd Annual edition of the

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Early life

Angela McCormack was born in 1996 or 1997 in Sydney,

Recognition and reception

McCormack received the inaugural Twitter Australia Music Journalist Award at the

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, for being "a female music journalist, blogger or editor who has made a creative contribution and courageous impact in truth telling and innovative reporting in the Australian music industry". McCormack received praise for her handling of an interview with the Prime Minister of Australia,

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being unable to access COVID disaster payments." ''Purple Sneakers''s Parry Tritsiniotis stated that she "nailed" the interview, writing, "for the first time throughout the pandemic, it felt like our issues as youth had been heard, with someone finally acknowledging our struggles to the most powerful man in the country. Bravo Ange McCormack!"

Career

2018–2020: Early career

On 18 October 2018, McCormack, alongside Karla Arnall and Philippa McDonald for ''

'', were named as finalists for the Radio/Audio News and Current Affairs Award at the 61st annual

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for their article entitled "Disturbing NSW Health privacy breach revealed". Throughout March 2019, she conducted ''Hack''s annual By the Numbers investigation into the number of women in Australian music. On 12 September 2019, she was nominated for the inaugural Twitter Australia Music Journalist Award at the

, which she was announced as the recipient of on 9 October.

2021–present: ''Hack'' hosting and Scott Morrison interview

On 14 May 2021, McCormack was announced as the fill-in host of

's news and current affairs radio program ''

'' whilst regular host Avani Dias took leave to work with '' Four Corners''. She hosted the show from 17 May to 23 July.Dates as follows: * 14 May: * 17 May: * 23 July: On 22 July, McCormack conducted an interview with Scott Morrison for the program, where they discussed the ongoing vaccine rollout,

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. McCormack is a reporter and social media producer for ''Hack'', where she creates short video documentaries and audio packages, writes reports for the program's daily show and podcast, writes articles, and manages their social media profiles.

Awards and nominations

Australian Women in Music Awards

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References

External links

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Official profile
at ''ABC News''
Articles by Ange McCormack
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