Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen has spent his life as politely, ‘a politics geek’.

After finishing high school, he decided to go do what all good politics geeks do and go get himself an honours degree in political science, from the UNSW. Having attained sufficient qualifications to find meaningful employment in the Australian Public Service (but not much else…) he got distracted by the shiny lights of Journalism.

So, in 2009 he decided to begin his Masters of Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney. Since beginning his Masters’ degree he has written for a variety of publications including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

In 2009, his investigation of Chinese businessmen Dr Chau Chak Wing saw the Chinese born billionaire outed as the biggest foreign-based donor to Australia’s political parties. In the October 2009 the investigation saw him awarded Student Journalist of the Year by the Walkley Foundation.

In November 2009, he was involved in an investigation of the on going civil war within the NSW Liberal Party which saw the resignation of staffers to Malcolm Turnbull, NSW Upper House MP David Clarke and the establishment of an internal party inquiry.

As well as interning at The Punch he works as an associate producer for 2GB Radio and at community radio station 2SER where he is a reporter on national current affairs show “The Wire”.