ABC Backstory

John Tulloh was ABC TV's first foreign editor keeping Australians across the world's news in a time before mobile phones and satellite feeds. 

Fooey faithfully served the ABC for more than a decade, officially as a guard dog, but with a side hustle as an emotional support animal.

Watching a man clean the remnants of a devastating flood from his home is a sobering moment for actor and producer Rachel Griffiths.

I have filmed countless interviews in conflict zones, refugee camps and malarial villages — Foreign Correspondent is many things, Gourmet Traveller it is not, writes Eric Campbell, as the program celebrates 30 years on air.

For nearly six years, Dominique Schwartz roamed the globe, meeting people as a Foreign Correspondent reporter. These three left the deepest impressions, she writes.

In 1992, the ABC launched Foreign Correspondent to bring a changing world home to Australian living rooms. Thirty years on, its mission is as important as ever, writes Jonathan Holmes.

One of the ABC's darkest days kicked off a digital revolution within the national broadcaster that is almost complete.

Elaine Harris is reluctant to call herself a trailblazer. After all, she's just a hardworking broadcaster and writer who just so happens to also be blind. But her work with ABC did make a difference for those who came after her.

A lady never tells her age, but it's no secret that "Aunty" turned 90 this week. For a girl who grew up with the ABC, it is a birthday that has got me feeling quite nostalgic.

The former radio and TV broadcaster was part of many memorable moments at the ABC, including covering the Olympics and broadcasting from a telephone exchange. 

Who is an aunty and what the term means very much comes down to who you ask. As the ABC turns 90 today, we're celebrating all kinds of aunties, taking a deeper look at the important role "aunty" plays for Australians across various cultures.

Meet the television pioneers who helped create a new art form, shook off England's cultural shackles and paved the way for the Australian shows that conquered the world.

As the ABC's Innovation Lab hosts the first of a series of media industry symposiums in Sydney this week, Paul Donoughue gives an insight into how content, platforms and audience demands might change in the next decade.

When the ABC launched 90 years ago, Conrad Charlton was the first voice on air. His son, Michael,  then was the first face on ABC TV and another son, Tony, also worked at the ABC and called the first televised VFL match on commercial television.

Preparing for her final week hosting 7.30, Leigh Sales reflects on the memorable moments over the past 12 years, the challenges of the job and dealing with trolls. 

ABC News Queensland weather presenter Jenny Woodward reflects on her career and how her job has changed over more than four decades.

It started as a piece of sound-library music and through reworks, remixes and generations of Australian growing up hearing it, the Majestic Fanfare has wedged itself into the Australian consciousness.

In the first season of Courtney Act's One Plus One, she focused on five young game changers. This time around, Courtney sits down with eight celebrities to talk about life, fame and identity.

Co-creator and interviewer Kirk Docker gives a fascinating insight into the making of the hit ABC show that gives a voice to marginalised and misunderstood Australians and the challenge of finding people willing to go on the program.

A behind-the-scenes look at how the ABC covered the 2022 federal election vote count.

Astronauts on Apollo 17 landed on the moon in 1972, the same year Robyn Williams made his broadcasting debut. Half a century later, he's still on air, hosting The Science Show, and as enthusiastic about science as ever. 

When acclaimed broadcaster Caroline Jones died this week, three young women who were winners of the Caroline Jones Scholarship were moved to write about what she meant to them.

Former ABC journalist Caroline Jones is remembered as a groundbreaking broadcaster who embraced her role as a mentor to others later in her career. 

Caroline Jones is remembered as a warm and kind person with a wicked sense of humour, but perhaps her biggest legacy is the strides she made for women in media and television.

Nearly 80 years before COVID closed schools, Australian parents looked to the ABC to help educate and entertain their children during another national crisis — the result would become a generational game-changer.