NEW SOUTH WALES
Kris Flanders
Kris Flanders
Living Black's Video Journalist was born in Sydney with connections to the Gumbainggir and Bundjalung people of Northern NSW. Kris has been with Living Black since its inception in 2003.
Kris joined SBS 12 years ago, as a production assistant in the Indigenous Media Unit. He is now one of the senior reporter/producers and has produced many in-depth stories on indigenous issues in sport, arts, music and youth.
Kris has a particular talent for profile stories and his sports profiles include dual Wimbledon Champion Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, boxer Anthony Mundine and rugby league legend Artie Beetson. In the area of arts and music he's profiled singer/songwriter Kutcha Edwards, Bangarra dancer Djakapurra Munyarrun and Tamworth Golden Guitar winner Troy Casser-Daley.
Kris also covers current affairs including the massive Native Title claim over areas of metropolitan Perth and the James Hardie asbestos compensation fund involving the community of Baryulgil in northern NSW where an asbestos mine used to be.
Kris looks forward to another series of Living Black and sees video journalism as an innovative form of reporting, a way to get in-depth stories with the indigenous community at an intimate level. He hopes the program will continue to educate and entertain people about indigenous issues.
