Briana Fiore is a Multi-platform Reporter, Photo and Video journalist working across digital, radio, television and social platforms for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

She won a Young Walkley Award in 2021 for exposing how the "toxic culture" at a major hospital was impacting patient care following the death of a mother in child birth. She was nominated for a second Young Australian Journalist of the Year Walkley Award in 2024 for a series investigating how the Jehovah’s Witnesses were still dealing with abuse cases behind closed doors following the royal commission, how student homelessness was impacting access to education and how rural bushfire survivors were not qualifying for government assistance. She was also nominated for the Young Walkley for Visual Storytelling in 2025 for multi-platform pieces on widespread abuse in the massage industry, the Brethren religious sect receiving taxpayer money and Hosanna Excelsis’ teachings on mental health after the suicide of a First Nations mother. She was also a Young Walkley finalist in the shortform category in 2026 for her scoop on the election eve email scandal that left a dead cancer patient’s family traumatised. Briana was also the recipient of the ABC’s prestigious Andrew Olle scholarship in 2025.

She has almost a decade of experience in journalism and can pitch, source talent, research, produce, report, film, photograph, interview, light, script and edit original and high impact stories from start to finish as well as work in a team. She has experience filing for news across traditional and emerging platforms across WA, SA and NSW and has worked as a state political and health reporter and on major stories and events such as COVID-19 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup. She has filed for 7pm, 7.30, Weekend Breakfast, News Channel, Landline, Triple J Hack, Stateline, ABC Sport, AM, PM and The World Today. She has also worked in current affairs and longform storytelling, contributing to documentaries across Four Corners, Australia’s leading investigative program, Australian Story, and Back Roads.

Achievements

Young Walkley Finalist 2026 - Young Australian Journalist of the Year for Shortform Storytelling Finalist

Best TV News Report finalist SA MEAA Awards 2026

ABC Andrew Olle Scholar 2025

Young Walkley Finalist 2025 - Young Australian Journalist of the Year for Visual Storytelling Finalist

NSW Council of Civil Liberties Young Journalist 2025 winner

Radio/Audio Journalism - New Reporting Winner SA MEAA Awards 2025

Multimedia News or Feature Finalist SA MEAA Awards 2025

Highly Commended - Best TV Report SA Press Club 2025

Best Photo Finalist SA Press Club 2025

Best Community Report Finalist SA Press Club 2025

Young Walkley Finalist 2024 - Young Australian Journalist of the Year for Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs Finalist

Legal affairs reporting finalist WA Media Awards 2024

Arts and culture finalist, The A.H. Kornweibal Arts Prize WA Media Awards 2024

Camerawork finalist WA Media Awards 2024

Photographic essay finalist WA Media Awards 2024

Community and regional photography winner WA Media Awards 2024

Best Radio Report Finalist SA Press Club 2024

WAAMH News & Media Award 2024

Best Coverage of a Community Sports Issue Finalist Australia Sports Commission 2023

The Gilmour-Christian Prize — Western Australia’s Best Sports Report WA Media Awards 2023

Western Australia’s Best Regional Stories Finalist WA Media Awards 2023

Best Feature Story Rural Media Association of Western Australia 2022

Runner-up Caroline Jones Young Journalist Award Women in Media 2022

The Charmaine Dragun Memorial Award Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia 2022

Best Health/Medical Report Finalist WA Media Awards 2022

Best New Journalist or Cadet: The Eaves-Prior-Day Prize WA Media Awards 2021

Best News Coverage Print Finalist WA Media Awards 2021

Best Regional and Community News Story WA Media Awards 2021

Walkley Award - Young Australian Journalist of the Year for Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs 2021