Joel Carnegie is a multi-award-winning Australian presenter and executive producer. His story work has reached millions of people internationally - airing on Audible, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), American Public Media, BBC World Service, CBC (Canada), Deutsche Welle (Germany), RFI (France) and others.

As Founder & Head of Storytelling at The Space Company, Joel led the creation and development of original podcast, screen, and live-on-stage productions from concept to completion - including “Hells Gates” (2023) and the award-winning nationally touring double bill production of “Stardust + The Mission”, which toured to 45 cities across Australia in 2019 and 2022.

Joel’s work was recognised at the 2020 New York Festivals International Radio Awards for the ABC podcast/audio series "Music in Time" (in the Best Music Program Host category). He was a finalist at the 2018 Australian LBGTI Awards for his work leading Audible Originals "Listen to Love" podcast series, and received a Best History and Best Announcer Presentation award for his ABC RN radio documentary, "Fairy Investigation Society," at the 2018 New York Festivals International Radio Awards.

His audio documentary on a controversial 1,000-year-old cultural tradition: The Grind on ABC Radio National (and other outlets) was shortlisted as a Top 5 Finalist at Whicker's World Foundation Audio Recognition Awards 2017, and his ABC radio cabaret show, Stardust: The Col Brain Story, directed by Tom Molyneux, won Best Performance By An Actor and Best Innovation at the 2017 New York Festivals International Radio Awards.

Joel holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Certificate of Business (Arts + Cultural Management) from Deakin University, and a Master of Arts (Media & Communications) from Swinburne University of Technology.

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