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Anne is APAC Director for First Draft. Anne launched First Draft in Sydney in early 2019 and soon expanded operations into APAC. In 2020 she was co-chief investigator at the Centre for Media Transition UTS, drafting Australia's first disinformation regulatory code. Anne was an anchor at CNN Hong Kong during SARS, and later a finance reporter at Bloomberg. She established a verification lab at the University of Hong Kong collaborating with Meedan, and led media literacy projects with Unesco throughout APAC. She previously held senior editorial and presenter positions with ABC Australia. Anne has a PhD in social media verification education.
