Catherine Wilson was born in Papua New Guinea and is an independent journalist and writer reporting on development, politics, global and socioeconomic issues and culture from Melanesia and the Pacific Islands for Inter Press Service, Thomson Reuters Foundation and newspapers in the Asia Pacific region including The Jakarta Post in Indonesia, Crikey news in Australia and The New Zealand Herald in New Zealand. She has also contributed news and features about the Asia Pacific region to The Brunei Times in Brunei Darussalam, Solomon Star in the Solomon Islands, Asia Sentinel news and Art Asia Pacific in Hong Kong.