Helen Vatsikopoulos

Helen Vatsikopoulos (born 1 January 1960) is an Australian journalist, academic and documentary film–maker.

Life

Helen Vatsikopoulos was born in Florina and early in her life lived in Laimos, a village in Western Macedonia, Greece. She and her parents immigrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Adelaide, South Australia. Vatsikopoulos was raised in a working class family and they were involved in the local Greek community. In her youth, she had a patriotic Greek upbringing and on weekends attended Greek language school. Vatsikopoulos considered herself Greek Macedonian during the Macedonia naming dispute. As a reporter, she worked for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and also hosted their Dateline current affairs program. In September 2011, Vatsikopoulos joined the University of Technology, Sydney and is a lecturer in Journalism and holds a Doctorate in Creative Arts (2019).

Awards

In 1992, Vatsikopoulos won a Walkley Award for All Media/Best International Report for her body of work on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, for SBS's Dateline.