Ange McCormack
{{Short description|Australian journalist and radio presenter}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2021}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ange McCormack
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| birth_name = Angela McCormack
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| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|social media producer|photographer|filmmaker|radio presenter}}
| years_active = 2018–present
| known_for = {{hlist|Inaugural recipient of the Music Journalist Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards|Radio interview with Scott Morrison}}
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| website = {{URL|www.angela-mccormack.com}}
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Angela McCormack is an Australian journalist, social media producer, photographer, filmmaker, and radio presenter from Sydney, New South Wales. She currently works for Triple J's news and current affairs radio program Hack.
McCormack conducted an interview with the Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison 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 Australian Women in Music Awards.
Early life
Angela McCormack was born in Sydney, New South Wales.{{cite web |url=https://www.angela-mccormack.com/about/ |title=About |publisher=Ange McCormack |date=2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729060947/https://www.angela-mccormack.com/about/ |archive-date=29 July 2021 |url-status=dead}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2021}}
Recognition and reception
McCormack received the inaugural Twitter Australia Music Journalist Award at the 2019 Australian Women in Music Awards, 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".{{cite web |url=https://womeninmusicawards.com.au/2019-recipients-finalists/ |title=2019 Recipients & Finalists |publisher=Australian Women in Music Awards |date=9 October 2019 |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728100436/https://womeninmusicawards.com.au/2019-recipients-finalists/ |archive-date=28 July 2020 |url-status=live}}
McCormack received praise for her handling of an interview with the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison. Pedestrian.TV'{{'}}s Saskia Morrison-Thiagu wrote that she "handl[ed] [the] interview well", saying, "Ange McCormack absolutely went to town on Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Hack today, grilling him on everything from the bungled vaccine rollout to people on Youth Allowance being unable to access COVID disaster payments."{{cite web |url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/triple-js-ange-mccormack-scott-morrison-interview/ |title=Triple J's Ange McCormack blasted Scott Morrison in an interview & said what we're all thinking |work=Pedestrian.TV |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |author=Morrison-Thiagu, Saskia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722091913/https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/triple-js-ange-mccormack-scott-morrison-interview/ |archive-date=22 July 2021 |url-status=live}} 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!"{{cite web |url=https://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2021/07/news-ange-mccormack-scott-morrison-triple-j-hack/ |title=Ange McCormack nailed her interview with Scott Morrison on Triple J Hack |work=Purple Sneakers |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |author=Tritsiniotis, Parry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723001125/https://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2021/07/news-ange-mccormack-scott-morrison-triple-j-hack/ |archive-date=23 July 2021 |url-status=live}}
Career
=2018–2020: Early career=
On 18 October 2018, McCormack, alongside Karla Arnall and Philippa McDonald for Hack, were named as finalists for the Radio/Audio News and Current Affairs Award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards for their article entitled "Disturbing NSW Health privacy breach revealed".{{cite web |url=https://www.walkleys.com/finalists-announced-for-the-2018-walkley-awards-for-excellence-in-journalism/ |title=Finalists announced for the 2018 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism |publisher=Walkley Awards |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022104708/https://www.walkleys.com/finalists-announced-for-the-2018-walkley-awards-for-excellence-in-journalism/ |archive-date=22 October 2018 |url-status=live}} Throughout March 2019, she conducted Hack{{'}}s annual By the Numbers investigation into the number of women in Australian music.{{cite web |url=https://www.inside.unsw.edu.au/social-impact/step-aside-diversity-fest-concert-smash-the-glass-ceiling/ |title=Step Aside: Diversity Fest concert to smash the glass ceiling |publisher=University of New South Wales (UNSW) |date=March 2019 |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327101100/https://www.inside.unsw.edu.au/social-impact/step-aside-diversity-fest-concert-smash-the-glass-ceiling/ |archive-date=27 March 2020 |url-status=live}} On 12 September 2019, she was nominated for the inaugural Twitter Australia Music Journalist Award at the 2019 Australian Women in Music Awards,{{cite web |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/australian-women-in-music-awards-announces-2019-finalists/gfOZlZSXlpk/12-09-19/ |title=Australian Women In Music Awards announces 2019 Finalists |work=The Music |date=12 September 2019 |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728044839/https://themusic.com.au/news/australian-women-in-music-awards-announces-2019-finalists/gfOZlZSXlpk/12-09-19/ |archive-date=28 July 2021 |url-status=live}} which she was announced as the recipient of on 9 October.{{cite web |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2019-australian-women-in-music-awards/ |title=Here are the winners of the 2019 Australian Women In Music Awards |work=Music Feeds |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=29 July 2021 |author=Langford, Jackson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010133037/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2019-australian-women-in-music-awards/ |archive-date=10 October 2019 |url-status=live}}
=2021–present: ''Hack'' hosting and Scott Morrison interview=
On 14 May 2021, McCormack was announced as the fill-in host of Triple J's news and current affairs radio program Hack 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: {{cite podcast |title=The Shake Up: The federal budget and stingy friends |work=Hack |publisher=Triple J |host=Avani Dias |date=14 May 2021 |time=29:40 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/13336410/ |access-date=29 July 2021}}
- 17 May: {{cite podcast |title=Is your rental making you sick? |work=Hack |publisher=Triple J |date=17 May 2021 |time=00:00 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/13340440/ |access-date=29 July 2021}}
- 23 July: {{cite podcast |title=The Shake Up: Scott Morrison on Hack and dating reality shows |work=Hack |publisher=Triple J |date=23 July 2021 |time=29:00 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/hack/13449764/ |access-date=29 July 2021}}
On 22 July, McCormack conducted an interview with Scott Morrison for the program, where they discussed the ongoing vaccine rollout, Youth Allowance, and climate change. 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=
{{Main|Australian Women in Music Awards}}
{{Awards table}}
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! scope="row"| 2019
| Herself
| Twitter Australia Music Journalist Award
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=Walkley Awards=
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/interview-ange-mccormack-abc-triple-j-hack/ |title=Interview with Ange McCormack, ABC triple j Hack |publisher=Prime Minister of Australia |date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723072314/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/interview-ange-mccormack-abc-triple-j-hack/ |archive-date=23 July 2021 |url-status=live}} – McCormack's interview with the 30th Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison
External links
- {{Official website|www.angela-mccormack.com}}
- [https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ange-mccormack/6965188/ Official profile] at ABC News
- [https://muckrack.com/ange-mccormack/articles Articles by Ange McCormack] at Muck Rack
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Category:21st-century Australian photographers
Category:Australian filmmakers
Category:Australian journalists
Category:Australian women journalists
Category:Australian photojournalists
Category:Australian radio presenters
Category:Australian women radio presenters
Category:Photographers from New South Wales