Glenda Gaitz has been a journalist for 25 years. She joined 60 Minutes in 2003 after working as a foreign news producer for the major British television networks of BBC, Sky and ITN.
Before joining the BBC, she worked as a journalist on several South African newspapers.
During her career, she reported on many African stories, including the horrors of apartheid in South Africa and its violent collapse; the release of Nelson Mandela; the ongoing violence in Zimbabwe; genocide in Rwanda; and reports from several African countries at war. She also won an environmental award for documenting the plight of the Mountain Gorillas, caught in the cross-fire.
More recently, Glenda covered the war in Iraq and conducted a search for the killers of an ITN team attacked during the first days of the conflict. Glenda travelled through Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks, reporting on the fall of the Taliban and the beginning of the search for Osama Bin Laden
She covered the Kosovo conflict, which included reporting from Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro during NATO attacks. She reported on the entry of NATO troops into Kosovo as a journalist embedded with the British military.
In the Middle East, Glenda produced special reports from Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. She often covered events in Kuwait when it was under threat from Iraq.
Her experience in Asia included a five-year stint based in Hong Kong as the ITN Asia Producer. Reports from this region included the fall of President Suharto in Indonesia, reporting from East Timor prior to the entry of foreign troops, and the Hong Kong hand-over.
Over the last few years Glenda has enjoyed the variety of stories at 60 Minutes, whilst learning about Australia and its people.
