Richard Baker

In late 2022, after a highly successful 23-year career at Melbourne’s Age newspaper---where Richard won 5 Walkley awards and was named Australian Journalist of the Year in 2017----he launched Southern Ocean Media, a premium independent podcast and documentary maker.

Richard has been at the forefront of Australian podcasting since 2016, creating, writing and hosting four of the country’s most acclaimed true crime narrative podcasts, Phoebe’s Fall, Wrong Skin, The Last Voyage of the Pong Su and The Confession.

Richard is one of the few podcasters in Australia to have had three number 1 podcasts in the official chart (his remaining podcast hit #2). His podcasts have been internationally recognised with several gold awards at the New York International Festivals and have regularly featured in the annual “best of” lists of platforms such as Spotify.

In 2023, Richard’s new company has signed a contract to deliver two new narrative series for Southern Cross Austereo’s Listnr podcast division. He is also working on adaptation of two of his podcasts for streaming services.

Richard is one of Australia’s most experienced and engaging journalists. He has covered all manner of stories ranging from international corruption, espionage, unsolved murders and miscarriages of justice. And then there’s the stories he couldn’t publish!

With experience in radio and tv as well, Richard is available speaking, event hosting, MC and facilitating roles across all media platforms.