Sharon Mascall-Dare

Sharon Mascall-Dare is a journalist, broadcaster and writer based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a special interest in journalism ethics, ethnographic journalism and media coverage of Anzac Day. Born in the UK, in 1970, she studied Modern Languages at Oxford University before gaining a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from City University, London. She joined the BBC in 1993, producing and presenting programmes for both television and radio, specialising in European affairs. After moving to Melbourne in 1999, Sharon worked as a freelance journalist, broadcaster and newsreader for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's international service, Radio Australia, and continued to produce radio features for the BBC. She was also a regular contributor and columnist for Melbourne's leading broadsheet, the Age. In 2003 she moved to Adelaide, where she continued to produce radio documentaries for the BBC and write features for Australia's leading newspapers.

In 2023, she was made a Member of the Order Australia in the General Division 'for service to media as a journalist'.