Nicola is an experienced media executive, producer and writer working across digital, audio, print and live events.
Before working as an independent producer, Nicola was Executive Producer and Managing Editor for BuzzFeed Australia. She was a commissioning editor and supervising producer for ABC TV Arts' video & web slate and also developed the content strategy for ABC iview’s pilot VOD Arts channel. Nicola has worked for new media organisations, broadcasters and publishers in Australia and the UK, including Frieze, the ABC, BuzzFeed and McHugh Media.
In 2018, Nicola founded Pipi Films, a company that produced the acclaimed and award winning audio documentaries ‘First Eat with Nakkiah Lui’, ‘Debutante’, a 2020 Walkley Award Finalist, and ‘A Carnivore’s Crisis with Rachel Khoo’.
Her first work of non-fiction ‘FARM: the making of a climate activist’ was published by Scribe in August, 2022. It is available in Australia, New Zealand and the US.
Nicola is an experienced public speaker, moderator and media trainer. And is available for public appearances in New Zealand and Australia.
Nicola is represented by Left Bank Literary, a Sydney-based literary agency specialising in quality fiction and non-fiction.