Journalist Kristy O’Brien has been involved in the production of factual television for more than 15 years, travelling across remote parts of Australia, India, Africa, China and South East Asia with a content focus on trade, international relations and agriculture. Her main focus now is as the West Australian/ Northern Territory Reporter and stand in Presenter for flagship ABC program ‘Landline’, ‘Backroads’ and ‘Movin’ to the Country’. Previously she worked in the fast-paced world of news as a Reporter, Chief of Staff and Producer at the Seven Network and ABC.
At the ABC, Brooke has also produced stories for Australian Story, 7:30 and ‘Old People’s Home for Teenagers’. Recently, she also provided journalistic insight and narration on the hit Netflix series ‘Last Stop Larrimah’. In 2025 she was named the National Rural Press Club Journalist of the year. In addition to this she was also the overall NT/ SA Rural Media Journalist of the Year and Best Radio Journalist & Best Broadcast Journalist. Kristy has worked on several independent documentaries and was awarded the Access@AIDC internship as Australia’s emerging young Producer in 2014. As part of this award she went to London to work with Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions as a Producer/ Field Director.