Paul Richards worked in mainstream media for 20 years before joining the Australian Academy of Science where he is now Director of Communications and Outreach.

He worked for Australia’s number one breakfast TV show, Sunrise for more than ten years. He spent most of that decade as Supervising Producer, delivering 18 hours of TV a week before joining The Australian Academy of Science.

Paul joined the Academy to establish a video team, which has helped grow the organisation’s social media following to over 2.4 million. He is passionate about telling stories of substance in an engaging way.