Jonica Newby

Dr Jonica Newby is a TV producer, writer, director and presenter with 20 years of experience making quality factual television in the specialist science genre. She has twice won Australia's most prestigious science journalism prize, the Eureka Award, and is the recipient of a World TV Award. Best known as a presenter / reporter on the popular long running flagship Australian TV science program Catalyst, what's less well known is that behind the camera, Dr Newby has produced, written and directed all her own programs for the past 15 years - amounting to hundreds of short form and long form films on topics as diverse as home batteries, music and the brain, female libido, auditing Australia's climate. She's a regular contributor to radio, print and daily TV, and author of the book The Animal Attraction. Dr Jonica Newby is the principle of JENUINE productions.