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Michael Atkin
Michael Atkin

Michael Atkin

Michael Atkin is the ABC's national consumer affairs reporter based in Brisbane, Queensland.

An award-winning journalist, Michael was previously a reporter with the current affairs program 7.30 and has also worked in Sydney, Canberra and Hobart.

Michael has won multiple Queensland Clarion Media Awards, including for investigative journalism. Michael was Tasmania's Journalist of the Year in 2016 and has won several other Tasmanian media awards. He received the ABC's Andrew Olle Scholarship in 2011 and has also worked as a reporter and executive producer with triple j's Hack program.

You can contact Michael by email at atkin.michael@abc.net.au or follow him on Twitter at @michaelatkin. You can also reach him on the encrypted Signal messaging app at +61 447 279 901 or via encrypted email at michaelatkin@protonmail.com.