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Rebecca Henschke【 Wiki Bio 】Nationality, Age, Accent, Husband

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Name Rebecca Henschke

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

  • Rebecca Henschke is an Australian broadcast journalist, producer, reporter and news correspondent.
  • Hard working, determined and headstrong, Rebecca has sometimes gotten into trouble in past years thanks to her commitment to speaking her mind at all times.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

  • Rebecca is of Indonesian descent and speaks both fluent English and Indonesian.
  • She has spent a significant portion of her life living in Australia but also works in Indonesia.
  • She attended the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia & graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and International Studies. She graduated with First Class Honors.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

  • In 2006, Henschke began working in the USA for the National Public Radio (NPR) as a freelance broadcast journalist & a Pacific Time Indonesian radio feature maker.
  • She moved to Indonesia and became an editor for KBR68H, an Asian calling radio program. The program covered various issues that include culture, environment, human rights, economy and politics.
  • Henschke then went on to work as an Indonesian correspondent for the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). She also worked as a worldview presenter and producer for the station and spent two years covering current affairs at their Australian base in Sydney.
  • In 2006, Rebecca worked as a freelance correspondent for Deutsche Welle & produced documentaries covering various issues in the local region.
  • She was also a freelance Radio National broadcast journalist for the Australia Broadcasting Corporation & was based in Jabodetabek, Indonesia.
  • Rebecca joined the BBC in 2006 as a freelance broadcast journalist. She was based in Jakarta, Indonesia and produced documentaries for the BBC’s Asia for Outlook and World Service program.
  • She also freelanced for the Public Radio International as a correspondent and spent time in Jabodetabek, Indonesia making and producing features for BBC and The World.
  • Henschke has also worked for Tempo TV as the Executive Producer of their Asia Calling program.
  • Currently, she is the Indonesian Editor for BBC News & is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Achievements and Awards :

  • Throughout her career, Rebecca has received several honours and acknowledgments for her work. These include being a finalist in the ‘2013 DW Journalist Competition’ and the ‘2015 Australian Indonesia Awards’.

She has also won several other awards such as :

  • The Asia-Pacific Award for Environmental Journalists
  • The Best Radio Story award at the Indonesia Alliance of Independent Journalists
  • The Best Radio award at the United Nations Media Peace Awards The Don Carr Brown Journalism Scholarship, awarded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

  • While working in the Papua area in Indonesia for the BBC, Rebecca tweeted a photograph that showed food supplies and criticised aid relief organizations for giving malnutritioned children unhealthy food such as soft drinks, biscuits, and instant noodles.
  • Her tweet offended the Indonesian military, who later released a press statement stating that she had hurt the feelings of military personnel and soldiers working in the region. She was eventually expelled from Papua for her tweet.
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB No confirmed information is available on the year she was born.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner No confirmed information is available.

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