Katherine Feeney
Katherine Feeney is a cross-platform journalist and broadcaster.
She began her journalism career with Fairfax Media in 2007 as a reporter and columnist, and transitioned to TV News with the Nine Network in 2013.
In 2017 she took Sweet Spot, her debut podcast with the Nine Entertainment Company, to #1 in Australia.
Katherine joined the ABC in late 2017, moving to local radio programming in 2018 as the host of Afternoons for ABC Radio Brisbane and Gold Coast.
She continues her journalism with other divisions of the ABC, collaborates with News and ABC TV's flagship rural affairs program Landline.
Latest by Katherine Feeney
Why is an Australian tomato more expensive than a can flown around the world?
Shoppers have seen the price of local fruit and veg skyrocket, but canned produce remains relatively cheap. One expert says there are several worrying reasons for this.
How waterbeds disrupted the mattress industry and then ebbed away
In the early 1970s, regular mattresses were made of heavy coil springs with minimal padding. Then the waterbed arrived and it was a sensation. So what's behind its rise and fall?
Queensland could be the last place this unique sport is still being played
Ipswich, Boonah, and Cairns remain the last towns and cities fielding vigoro teams in Australia, and possibly the world. Here's why it's a fun new hobby to try.
Meet the farmers with the plan to create the nation's largest urban farm network
A new wave of urban farms across south-east Queensland are inviting city dwellers to get back to their roots, literally, in a bid to green the concrete jungle, shore up food supply and strengthen local community.
Unilever acknowledges five deaths linked to misuse of Rexona
The makers of Rexona, the deodorant identified by retailers as the product most misused in "chroming", acknowledges its product was implicated in five deaths across two states but says there is "nothing that currently exists" to fix the formula.
'Why is there blood on me?': Teenagers stuck in chroming cycle share their stories
Two teenagers who have recently sought help to stop chroming are speaking out about their addictions, which have led to the loss of friends and family members, in the hope of deterring others from heading down the same path.