Steph joined the news.com.au team in Sydney after moving from the Gold Coast and its warm weather. She has been a journalist for more than a decade, kicking off her career as a fledgling student reporter in high school for the Gold Coast Bulletin, where she then did her cadetship. She has won awards for her health reporting and admits to being a bit of a science nerd, particularly when it comes to animal stories that often only she is excited about.