Sarah Armstrong is a former ABC Radio journalist, who worked on current affairs programs. She won a Walkley Award for a radio feature on diggers returning to Gallipoli.

She also worked for ABC TV’s Foreign Correspondent as a researcher and field producer.

She now writes fiction, and teaches writing classes.

This podcast is the fourth episode of Life After Journalism, a series of interviews with former journalists.

Matt Smith is a Master of Global Communications student at La Trobe University, and is upstart’s co-editor. You can follow him on Twitter: @nightlightguy.