Martine Griffiths
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Martine Griffiths is an Australia
n news reporter and winner of the Melbourne Press Club’s 2005 “Tattersalls Gold Quill Award” for excellence in Victorian journalism.
The judges said she showed great initiative and determination to obtain exclusive information and security footage of the arrest of members of the Bali Nine
with drugs strapped to their body.
She won a “Best TV Report” award for the same story and was nominated for a 2006 “TV Week Logie Award”.
Beginning her career in television journalism in 1997 in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and Albury for WIN TV, Griffiths was soon offered a position as an on-air reporter for Network Ten
.
She’s covered national stories including the Schapelle Corby
drug smuggling trial, the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and court appearances of the Australian embassy bombers in Jakarta.
She was the first Australian television reporter to gain access to Kerobokan Prison
and speak for several hours with the Corby sisters.
Griffiths has been a guest on 774 ABC Melbourne
's Conversation Hour and has contributed to other radio broadcasts.
She is married to Erin Harte. They have one child born in 2006.
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n news reporter and winner of the Melbourne Press Club’s 2005 “Tattersalls Gold Quill Award” for excellence in Victorian journalism.
The judges said she showed great initiative and determination to obtain exclusive information and security footage of the arrest of members of the Bali Nine
Bali Nine
The Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australians arrested on 17 April 2005, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, in a plan to smuggle of heroin valued at approximately A$4 million from Indonesia to Australia...
with drugs strapped to their body.
She won a “Best TV Report” award for the same story and was nominated for a 2006 “TV Week Logie Award”.
Beginning her career in television journalism in 1997 in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and Albury for WIN TV, Griffiths was soon offered a position as an on-air reporter for Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
.
She’s covered national stories including the Schapelle Corby
Schapelle Corby
Schapelle Leigh Corby is an Australian woman convicted of drug smuggling who is imprisoned in Indonesia.Corby is serving a 20-year sentence for the importation of of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia...
drug smuggling trial, the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and court appearances of the Australian embassy bombers in Jakarta.
She was the first Australian television reporter to gain access to Kerobokan Prison
Kerobokan Prison
Kerobokan Prison is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island of Bali. The prison opened in 1979 and contains about 1000 male and female prisoners of various nationalities.- Notable prisoners :...
and speak for several hours with the Corby sisters.
Griffiths has been a guest on 774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Originally known by its callsign 3LO, it began transmission on 13 October 1924 – Melbourne's second radio station after 3AR.-History:...
's Conversation Hour and has contributed to other radio broadcasts.
She is married to Erin Harte. They have one child born in 2006.