Jane Hutcheon | Creator-in-chief – how she’s treading her own path after 25 years at the ABC

What She Did Next

Jane Hutcheon was a familiar face on our TV screens for 25 years. During her stellar career at the ABC, she was a foreign correspondent, a news presenter and the host of popular interview show One Plus One.

But in 2019, Jane announced her decision to leave the national broadcaster… driven by a sense that life was getting short and there was more she wanted to do.

Jane had been doing an annual stocktake in the years leading up to her decision – reflecting on where she was at, what she enjoyed doing and whether she was happy – and this helped her realise it was time to tread a different path, as ‘creator-in-chief’ of her own projects.

Jane has since gone on to write and perform her first theatre show called Lost in Shanghai, and she’s released a new book, Rebel Talk, about the art of conversation and finding your voice.

In this episode, Jane talks to host Jacqui Ooi about:

· Why she was drawn to the magic of TV and what she loved about hosting One Plus One

· How she made the difficult decision to leave the ABC after 25 years

· Her career identity and the shift from ‘TV Jane’ to working for herself

· How she now chooses which opportunities to say yes to and which ones to let go

· Her best tips and recommendations for aspiring career changers

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JANE’S RECOMMENDATIONS

Read:

‘Happiness by Design’ by Paul Dolan

Watch:

‘How to make hard choices’ TED Talk by Ruth Chang https://youtu.be/8GQZuzIdeQQ

Inspired by:

Baroness Jean Corston

Dr Deborah Keenahan

CONNECT WITH JANE

Visit her website: https://janehutcheon.com/

CREDITS

Host and producer: Jacqui Ooi

Associate producer: Catherine Cavill

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What She Did Next acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which this podcast is made, the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.

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