Rae Johnston is a Wiradyuri and Greek woman who was born and raised on Darug & Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains of NSW.
A multi-award-winning journalist with a focus on the geekier side of life, Rae is the radio host of ABC Radio National’s Download This Show, ABC Radio Sydney’s Sunday Mornings (broadcasting state-wide) and iHeartRadio’s Weird Tech podcast. She also travels the country as a TV host on NITV’s Going Places with Ernie Dingo, ABC’s Back Roads and SBS’ The Secret DNA Of Us.
A multi-faceted talent, Rae is a highly experienced voice artist, sought-after MC and keynote speaker, and currently serves on the boards of both the Telstra Foundation and Swinburne University of Technology.
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Avatars are people too | Rae Johnston | TEDxUltimo
Games come in many forms, even social media. How do they effect players, and how can we play in a way that helps create healthy online communities? Rae Johnston is a technology, video game, comic & pop culture expert. She presents news and opinions in a way that can be appreciated by hardcore fans and newcomers alike. With a regular consumer technology segment on Channel Nine's "MORNINGS" and the former Lifestyle Editor of TechLife magazine, in 2013 she was a finalist in the "Best New Journalist" category in the 2013 Microsoft IT Journalism Awards. A proud Wiradjuri woman with Greek, Irish, Welsh, German and apparently also Mongolian ancestry, she is a mother of a soon-to-be-teenage son best known as my Padawan. Rae's film work has been screened at numerous film festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Tropfest, Newtown Flicks, International Horror Film Festival, Flickerfest, Byron Bay Film Festival and Dungog Film Festival. Highlights include "The Chuck In", an all-Indigenous production directed by Jon Bell. Rae's isn't afraid to stand up for herself and female gamers. She is quick to remind us of the real-life person behind the avatar.Rae was amazing at hosting the Event. She was so easy to work with. She adapted to the content and changes we requested during the 2 days. We will for sure have her at all our events. ... keep reading Scale My Clinic
