Lisa Sweeney

When Lisa Sweeney says, “I have done a fair whack of stuff,” it’s a massive understatement.

17 September 2018 For most people, a long term career in radio is career enough. Lisa Sweeney has done more in radio than most as well as two...

AFTRS FM live and on iHeartRadio

27 August 2017 The third pop-up radio station for 2017 Graduate Diploma of Radio students at the Australian Film Television and Radio School has gone live. As the year...

AFTRS celebrate alumni awards nod

24 August 2017 AFTRS alumni feature prominently again this year in the finalists list for the Australian Commercial Radio Awards. Former students are represented with 33 finalists across...

..but it was a case of from the frying pan into the fire

27 February 2017 Tziporah Malkah was branded ‘awful’ yesterday after an interview with Triple M’s Grill Team. Tziporah, formerly Kate Fischer had been eliminated from reality TV show I’m...

AFTRS and ABC Radio announce new annual scholarship

13 December 2016 The Australian Film Television and Radio School and ABC Radio have announced a new scholarship of $14,500 to be awarded each year for the next three years...

SBS Radio partners with AFTRS to create Australia’s first bilingual radio scholarship

6 December 2016 SBS Radio has partnered with the Australian Film Television & Radio School, focusing on developing bilingual Australian radio talent through a Graduate Diploma in Radio...

SCA offers radio graduate internship award

17 October 2016 Southern Cross Austereo has partnered with the Australian Film Television and Radio School to give one talented graduate the opportunity of a lifetime. A new...

AFTRS students on air for their final broadcast NEXT

16 October 2016 NEXT has been designed from the ground up by the students as their final broadcast assignment of the year. The class has worked with more...

AFTRS pop-up station live

30 August 2016 As the year progresses, students in the AFTRS flagship course have taken on more challenging and complex broadcast formats. AFTRS FM is their news, current affairs...

Changes at the top at AFTRS have familiar faces

7 August 2016 The Australian Film Television and Radio School is continuing to roll out its new structure, with leadership roles in Radio redefined and strengthened to reflect...

Core radio skills

18 May 2016 AFTRS will again run its highly successful Core Radio Skills course in July – an online, entry level course which is easy to access from...

First AFTRS job for 2015

26 November 2015 2015 AFTRS Radio graduate Kate Drinkwater has accepted a job at Broken Hill. Kate will be co-hosting breakfast and compiling and reading news. AFTRS Head of Radio Lisa Sweeney says...

Record numbers of AFTRS alumni announced as ACRA Finalists

25 August 2015 A record number of AFTRS alumni announced as finalists in this year’s Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs). 2015 marks the 27th year of the awards...

AFTRS on-line courses: Semester 2 intake

9 June 2015 As the first run of the new 16 week digital content course draws to a close, participants are already realising career ambitions. Rob James just landed...