Steve Milton is an Irish journalist and communications professional based in Melbourne, whose career began with a student placement on the features desk at the Liverpool Daily Post and grew into more than a decade of arts and entertainment reporting across Ireland and the UK.
Writing for titles including The Irish Sun, the Irish Independent, the Sunday Business Post, TV Now, and The Times, Steve spent several years based in London interviewing the film and music figures passing through on the international publicity circuit, among them Sir David Attenborough, Richard Branson, and Angelina Jolie.
Steve now works in public relations and communications at Breast Cancer Network Australia, and hosts Early Birds on JOY 94.9 on Saturday mornings.
David Hunt and Steve speak about growing up in Clane, County Kildare, coming out to his family in early two thousands Ireland, the practical education of a tabloid newsroom, six months teaching English in Vietnam, meeting his husband Ben in London, marrying in Ireland as one of the first same sex couples able to do so there, the move to Australia by way of Sydney and Adelaide, and the tattooed dates he carries on his arm.