Sandy Watson

I am a professional communicator with 25 years’ experience in corporate communication and non-fiction writing.

I write and consult on all aspects of the communication portfolio, from strategy, reputation, stakeholder management and engagement through writing and pitching. I have advised organisations across the private, public and NGO sectors, and currently teach writing and communication at RMIT and Monash universities.

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My writing on refugee issues has been published in a range of formats over two decades, including exhibitions, opinion writing, and memoir writing. I am the author of One Perfect Day, a memoir about the experiences of a Melbourne woman who escaped from Hungary during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising.

I am also the co-creator of 56 Faces and Lost Chances exhibitions, which are collaborations with refugee communities to help amplify the voices and experiences of refugees: 56 Faces was exhibited in Australia and Hungary as part of the 2006 worldwide commemorations of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising; Lost Chances shares stories of how seeking asylum in Australia has impacted families. 

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I hold a Masters of Communication (RMIT, 2003) and am in the final stages of a Research Masters on the representation of refugee, Indigenous and Muslim families.