Sydney-based journalist Kamin Gock and Brisbane-based triple j reporter Ellie Grounds have been named as joint recipients of the ABC’s 2023 Andrew Olle Scholarship.

Ellie Grounds is a reporter with triple j’s youth current affairs program Hack. She was previously a video journalist with the ABC’s Regional and Local team based in Longreach where she established a strong track record for elevating regional stories to a national platform.

She studied and practiced as a lawyer before starting at the ABC.

Ellie says she would like to spend the scholarship period learning from some of the ABC’s best videographers, photographers, and investigative journalists.

She says, “Having a year unbound (to an extent) by traditional deadlines or work arrangements would provide a unique opportunity to experiment with storytelling techniques and try things without fear of failure.”

Kamin Gock is currently a multi-platform journalist/reporter with ABC News in Sydney and was previously a journalist with Channel Nine in Perth.

He did outstanding reporting on the Northern Rivers flooding earlier this year.

Kamin has a solid foundation in breaking news but would like to develop skills in visual storytelling and investigative training, and he says, “This is the opportunity I have been hoping for that could open doors to learn from the best and hone my craft.”

The scholarship honours the life and work of the late ABC journalist Andrew Olle, who was one of Australia’s most admired broadcasters.

Andrew presented some of the ABC’s flagship programs including Four Corners, 7.30 and Mornings on ABC Radio Sydney (then 2BL).

The scholarship is designed to create career development opportunities for young ABC journalists and to promote the values that epitomised Andrew Olle’s journalism.