Katherine Butler
Covering football, combat sport, culture and the stories connecting Australia and Brazil.
Journalist · Documentary Photographer
Katherine Butler is an Australian journalist and documentary photographer working across reporting and visual journalism.
Her work focuses on sport, culture, identity, belonging, and the relationship between Australia and Brazil.
She is drawn to the story around the event as much as the event itself, from the people to the rituals and quieter moments that explain why something matters.
Selected Work
A little piece of home: when Brazil came to Townsville
The Brazilian Report · Reporting + Photography · September 2026
Brazil's visit to regional Queensland became a story about more than football, community and what it means to encounter a piece of home far from it.
Football
Katherine reports and photographs Australian and international football, with particular interests in supporter culture, athlete pathways and the relationship between Australia and Brazil.
Her current reporting focuses on Australian women’s football as it heads toward the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.
Football & Combat Sports
Sport is rarely only about competition.
Katherine reports and photographs football, boxing, MMA and combat sports, from competition and athlete preparation to supporter culture and the communities surrounding sport.
Recent work includes international football coverage of Brazil v Australia in Townsville, alongside ongoing documentary work in Australian combat sports.
Reporting Interests
Football & sport
Women’s football, athlete pathways, supporter culture, combat sport and communities surrounding competition.
Australia ↔ Brazil
Sport, migration, language, identity and cultural exchange between the two countries.
Disability & access
Communication, accessibility and the ways Deaf and disabled people experience institutions, events and public life.
About Katherine
Katherine Butler is an Australian journalist and documentary photographer based in Queensland and working across Australia and internationally. Her recent work includes reporting and photography for The Brazilian Report during Brazil's 2026 visit to regional Australia.
Her journalism blends reporting and visual storytelling, with particular interests in sport, culture, identity, disability, communication, and transnational communities.
She is completing a Master of Communication (Journalism) at Deakin University, with research interests in communication and Deaf communities.
Editorial Assignments.
Available for reporting, features, interviews, match coverage and documentary photography across Australia and internationally.
