Nick Mckenzie began his career as an ABC cadet working in television and radio news.

In 2003 he joined the ABC's investigative unit and started working in radio current affairs, breaking stories on terrorist financing and abuse in detention centres. 

At the ABC he uncovered some of the first links between senior European Al Qaeda figures and extremist networks in Melbourne and Sydney.

In 2004, he won a Walkley award and a Melbourne Press Club investigative reporting award for his stories on police corruption, one of which sparked an independent investigation by Tony Fitzgerald QC. 

While at the ABC, he reported for AM, the 7.30 Report and 4-Corners.

He joined The Age's investigative unit in 2006.

.nmckenzie@theage.com.au