Briana Shepherd (born c. 1987[1][2]) is a Western Australian journalist, reporter, and news presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has also worked as a model, ballet dancer and ballet teacher.
She attended Perth Modern School[3] and, in 2005,[3] at age 18, joined the New York City Ballet, the first Australian to do so.[1] After suffering stress fractures, she left the company in 2009[2] and returned to Perth.[1]
Shepherd obtained a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in journalism and broadcasting, and a Graduate Certificate of Radio Broadcasting from Edith Cowan University, and began working for the ABC News Perth as journalist and reporter in 2015.[4]
Shepherd is the granddaughter of Terri Charlesworth, an inaugural dancer of the West Australian Ballet and founder of the Charlesworth Ballet Institute.[5]
References
- Linda Parri (22 August 2016). "Briana Shepherd, New York ballerina and model turned Perth reporter and ABC newsreader". Perth Now. West Australian Newspapers. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- Daniel J Wakin (22 July 2009). "Sudden Finale". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- Briana Shepherd, Facebook, retrieved 24 October 2021
- "Briana Shepherd". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- Cohen-Robertson, Helena (25 February 2019). "Terri Charlesworth and Sonya and Briana Shepherd". Know Your Nation. Retrieved 3 September 2025.