ABC journalist Siobhan Heanue will reflect on her experiences and how better engagement with the region may lead to better press freedom outcomes.

Siobhan Heanue is a former foreign correspondent for ABC News. She was based in South Asia, reporting from countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal. Siobhan also reported from Iraq in the lead-up to the battle for Mosul in 2016, has embedded with the ADF, US and Pakistani militaries, and has covered terrorist attacks and humanitarian crises in East Africa.

She was a fellow with the World Press Institute in the US in 2011. Siobhan began her career with the ABC as a cadet in the Canberra newsroom in 2006 and currently works as a videojournalist based in Townsville.

You can follow her on Twitter: @siobhanheanue.