Avani Dias

Avani Dias (born 15 November 1991) is a Sri Lankan Australian journalist and radio presenter. Dias is best known as the current presenter of current affairs program Hack on youth radio station Triple J, after succeeding Tom Tilley at the end of 2019.

Avani Dias
Born (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991
Wattle Grove, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • radio presenter
Years active2015–present
Known forHosting Hack on Triple J

Born and raised in Wattle Grove, New South Wales, Dias completed her tertiary education at the University of Sydney, where she wrote for the student newspaper Honi Soit. In her early career, she worked at independent radio station FBi Radio and the online newspaper The New Daily before moving to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), where she began working as a production assistant.

Dias has been nominated for various journalistic awards, including the Public Interest Award at the New South Wales Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards in 2019, and Young Australian Journalist of the Year and Radio/Audio News and Current Affairs Award at the Walkley Awards in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Biography

Early life and education

Avani Dias was born on 15 November 1991,[1][2] ​in Wattle Grove, New South Wales.[3][4] Dias grew up in the south west of Sydney, Australia.[5] The eldest of two siblings,[6] Dias has one brother, Seth.[7]

Dias completed her tertiary education at the University of Sydney. In early 2013, she was elected as one of ten editors for the university's student newspaper Honi Soit.[8]

Career

Dias began her career with FBi Radio, which she credits as giving her "a start in media".[9] Dias began working at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a production assistant, before being awarded a traineeship with ABC News in 2015.[10]

Dias additionally wrote for The New Daily from 2015 to 2017.[11]

Filmography

Television
List of television appearances
Year Title Notes Ref.
Pre-2015 ABC News Northern Territory 7PM News bulletin presenter [10]
2020 Four Corners Presenter; one episode [12]

Awards and nominations

New South Wales Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2019 Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards Public Interest Award Won [3]

Walkley Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2019 Walkley Awards Young Australian Journalist of the Year Nominated [13]
2020 Radio/Audio News and Current Affairs Nominated [14]

References
  1. Dias, Avani [@AvaniDias] (16 November 2018). "LinkedIn is definitely the worst platform to receive a birthday message" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. Dias, Avani [@avanidias] (18 November 2021). "Hello world, this is me entering 30 surrounded by lots of great people and love. Also stepping into the decade by spilling water on the radio panel during Hack, destroying the audio system and having to rant about climate change to fill the time. (Sorry again @lindaradclyffe 😭😭😭)". Retrieved 24 November 2021 – via Instagram.
  3. "Multicultural Communications Awards: Two local winners get gongs from the Premier". Liverpool Champion. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. Watson, Meg (24 November 2019). "'A generational shift': what the Triple J overhaul means for its audience". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. Vrajlal, Alicia (29 November 2019). "Avani Dias talks Triple J gig, diversity quotas and racism she's faced in the past". HuffPost Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. Ange McCormack (2 June 2021). "Another seven days of lockdown". Hack (Podcast). Triple J. Event occurs at 28:15. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. Dias, Avani [@AvaniDias] (13 March 2020). "Um my brother has been added to a group consisting of people also named Seth Dias all over the world. It's making me wish I had my own Avani Dias community tbh :(. So many shared experiences y'know" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. Thompson, Owen (5 February 2014). "Student papers test the limits". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  9. Triscari, Caleb (21 April 2020). ""Our revenue looks incredibly uncertain": Sydney's FBi Radio launches fundraising campaign". NME Australia. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  10. "Avani Dias – ABC News". ABC News. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  11. "Avani Dias, Author at The New Daily". The New Daily. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  12. Knox, David (9 October 2020). "Four Corners: Oct 12". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  13. Blackiston, Hannah (30 May 2019). "Walkley Foundation announces 2019 Mid-Year Celebration finalists". Mumbrella. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  14. "Triple J, ABC, Coronacast and Hedley Thomas in the running for radio/audio Walkley Awards". Radio Today. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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