Tracee Hutchison
Broadcaster. Journalist. FilmMaker. Author. MC. Creative Producer. Media & Communications.
Tracee Hutchison is a trailblazing Australian radio and television broadcaster, journalist, film-maker, TV producer, author, creative industries leader and environmental advocate, with a career spanning 40 years at the highest level in Australian and international radio and television. Tracee's career began at the ABC's youth station, TripleJ, where she hosted the first broadcast of the national network. Her high-profile on-air roles include: ABC TV 7.30 Report, ABC NewsRadio, Radio Australia, ABC Australia Network, iconic community radio station 3RRR.FM, co-host of DIGTV with James Reyne and as Music Director and host of FIERCE on Broad Radio, radio for women, by women. Her extensive screen production credits include music TV shows 'Rockwiz' & 'nomad' - creating a national music competition that discovered 'silverchair' - international travel program 'Getaway', longform documentaries & multi-lingual digital content for the ABC Australia Network's Asia Pacific partners. Tracee is the director of the award-winning shortfilm 'Healing Country', with First Nations cultural educator Uncle Lionel Lauch, and specialises in shortform social media content in the for-purpose, not-for-profit space. Tracee’s leadership roles in broadcast media, community and creative industries are extensive, most notably as a Board Director of Music Victoria and community radio 3RRR.FM, Program Director at 3RRR.FM, Network Executive Producer ABC Australia Network, National Partnerships & Projects Manager at the Community Broadcasting Foundation, co-producer of the inaugural Australian Women in Music Awards (2018) and industry & creative mentor with the national youth music organisation The Push. She is a highly skilled media & communications specialist, community advocate & partnerships professional, facilitator & MC and has written extensively on politics, environment, social justice and popular culture issues as a columnist and commentator, and her advocacy on gender equality, social justice and environmental issues spans many decades. Tracee hosts a weekly radio program 'Good Things' on community station RPP - Voice of the Peninsula, amplifying stories of good people doing good things in her local Mornington Peninsula community. She is currently Chair of Green Music Australia, the national peak body for the environment in the music industry working with Australian musicians and industry leaders to implement more sustainable practices in the Australian music industry. She still believes in the power of music to change the world.