Pamela Medlen

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Pamela Medlen is a Western Australian journalist, reporter, and news presenter. Since September 2020, she has presented ABC News on Monday-Thursday evenings.

Medlen grew up on her family's farm in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, before moving to Perth to study journalism at Curtin University. While studying, she worked at Curtin Radio.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s2790461.htm|title=Pamela Medlen|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2010-01-12|access-date=2021-01-17}}

After completing her degree Medlen travelled overseas, working in London and moving around Europe for a year and a half. She returned to Perth and worked for suburban newspapers. She won a WA Youth Award for reporting,{{cite web|url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Carpenter/2007/04/WA%27s-outstanding-youth-awarded-and-positive-media-portrayal-applauded.aspx|title=WA's outstanding youth awarded and positive media portrayal applauded|publisher=Government of Western Australia|date=2007-04-19|access-date=2021-01-17|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122010447/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Carpenter/2007/04/WA%27s-outstanding-youth-awarded-and-positive-media-portrayal-applauded.aspx|url-status=dead}} and was awarded as Community Newspaper Group's best journalist.

In 2006, Medlen began working at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; she has been a reporter and producer,{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/pamela-medlen/167094|title=Pamela Medlen|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2021-01-17}}{{cite web|url=https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/clippings/water-and-health-experts-turned-their-attention-to-the-swan-river|title=Water and health experts turned their attention to the Swan River as the heavy rain cleared in Perth today.|last=Ghadouani|first=Anas|publisher=The University of Western Australia|date=2017-02-11|access-date=2025-04-21}} as well as reading the weekend news bulletins,{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/popular-abc-news-presenter-poached-by-the-east-ng-27f65c5a9fc239ff5c2611a5f121344e|last1=Mullany|first1=Ashlee|last2=Coetsee|first2=Alexa|title=Popular ABC news presenter poached by the east|publisher=West Australian Newspapers|work=PerthNow|date=2011-12-01|access-date=2025-04-21}} before replacing James McHale in September 2020 as the presenter of the flagship weekday evening news.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/09/pamela-medlen-to-anchor-abc-news-wa-weeknights.html|title=Pamela Medlen to anchor ABC News WA weeknights|publisher=TV Tonight|date=2020-09-02|access-date=2025-04-21|last=Knox|first=David}}{{cite web|url=https://radioinfo.com.au/people/movements/pamela-medlen|title=Pamela Medlen|publisher=Radioinfo|date=2020-09-02|access-date=2021-01-17}}

Medlen was a master of ceremonies for TEDx Perth in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.tedxperth.org/tedxperth-2012|title=TEDxPerth 2012|publisher=TEDxPerth|access-date=2021-01-17}}