Women were finally employed as full-time television camera assistants from the late 1970s.

When Jenni Meaney entered the ABC in Sydney in March 1980 as a camera assistant, she was the only woman working in camera or sound.

Claire Lupton interviewed by Jeannine Baker, 2018.

In this excerpt from an oral history interview by Jeannine Baker in 2018, cameraperson Claire Lupton, née Harrison, recalls covering a light plane crash near Merimbula, at a time when there was lit

Jen Ward on the roof of ATN-7’s news cruiser.

Judy Johnston operating a camera at a BBC training course, circa. 1965. Supplied by Judy Johnston.

Television news cameraperson Reg Boulter talks about being part of the first camera crew to film after the West Gate Bridge collapse on 15 October 1970.

Television news cameraperson Ron Ashmore talks about filming at the site of the West Gate Bridge collapse on 15 October 1970.