"Treasured friend": Veteran ABC journalist dies aged 85

Julie Copeland has passed away aged 85. 

Copeland first started working with 3AW in Melbourne before moving onto broadcast with the ABC in the 1970s and 80s, working on programs The Coming Out Show and radio program First Edition.

Tributes have poured in for the veteran ABC journalist who passed away in January. 

She has been remembered as a “a respected colleague, treasured friend, mentor and teacher” in the ABC’s coverage by fellow journalist Daniel Browning.

Copeland, who hosted Arts National, Arts Talk and Sunday Morning Arts with Julie Copeland, has also been remembered for her expertise, as a "master practitioner of the craft". 

She later went on to host The Europeans, a weekly politics and culture program covering topics like Italian Politics, the East German dissident writers and contemporary Greek philosophy.

Former ABC presenter Jon Faine told the Sydney Morning Herald that Copeland was “remarkable in so very many ways and taught us a lot about broadcasting”.

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“She was so generous, always sharing her experience and informally mentoring without being bossy, a rare skill.” 

Social media users have also paid tribute to the presenter, with one writing: “Very sad to hear this.”

“She was an impressive broadcaster and person with a powerful intellect. I’m sad to hear of her passing,” another wrote. 

Copeland is survived by her husband John Slavin and sister Cherryl Barassi.

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