Following graduation, she was a rookie reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and, after winning a Greg Shackleton Memorial Scholarship, moved to the United States, completing a master's degree at New York City's Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1983.
După absolvire, a fost reporter debutant pentru Sydney Morning Herald și, după ce a câștigat o bursă Greg Shackleton Memorial, s-a mutat în Statele Unite, finalizând o diplomă de masterat la Universitate de Jurnalism din Columbia, în 1983.