Elsa Silberstein
Elsa Silberstein is based in Alice Springs.
She makes personal stories for ABC's Audio on Demand unit.
Elsa has previously worked as a radio presenter at triple j, producer at ABC Goldfields and ABC Radio Perth.
You can get in touch with her by emailing silberstein.elsa@abc.net.au and follow her on Twitter at @elsasilb.
Latest by Elsa Silberstein
There are many challenges for Indigenous women in Alice Springs, but on the field they are victors
For 10 years, the Alkamilya Football Club has provided a sisterhood for Indigenous women in Alice Springs, with the recent loss of its founding member, Magic, ultimately bringing the players closer.
When Peter sees commuters on a train, he sees a dance party
For more than a decade, Peter has spent his days getting strangers to dance and sing on their way to work.
How a town lowered burglary and theft by 75 per cent
Last summer, feuding between different groups in the Western Desert town of Balgo saw brawls break out in the streets. But an innovative new youth program has helped turn things around.
Struggling with drugs and alcohol, Marley was given a birthday gift that would change the course of his life
Skydiving isn't always how Marley imagined he'd get his kicks, but ever since he was a kid, he's been chasing the thrill.
Eric's family has to leave his community for life-saving health care, but that's about to change
Remote Indigenous communities have some of the highest rates of kidney disease in the world, but locals from Balgo in Western Australia's Tanami Desert must leave their country for dialysis treatment.
How a footy diehard found a life beyond the field after a traumatic brain injury
After his footy dreams were crushed, Brendan Verrier's life crumbled around him. Then he found trail running.
Gen Z gym bros resurrecting Christianity as religion makes godlike gains on social media
Hugo Byrnes is one of a growing number of unlikely digital disciples spreading the word about Christianity online through meme accounts and Bible puns.
'I thought it was a typo': Patients charged up to $3,000, doctors offered $900,000 salaries to work online in ADHD diagnosis explosion
A new kind of ADHD clinic is cashing in on surging demand for diagnoses — and promising salaries of more than $900,000 to recruit psychiatrists.
Why are these tree experts arguing about the sex appeal of eucalypts?
Would you pick from the sexy gum, the world's tallest flowering gum or a backyard favourite? The Eucalypt of the Year competition has opened for another year and it's claws out between the states.
'The Cool Runnings kid': Desert runner hopes to achieve her Olympic bobsled dream
Kiara Reddingius hopes to qualify for the Winter Olympics, which is about as far from her pet camels in the red dirt as you can get.
Why is this famous pop band sending vintage clothes to outback WA?
Aria-award winners Sheppard are giving an outback op shop some serious sparkle, thanks to their wardrobe collected from world tours.
How much do you have to spend to attract aged care staff to the regions?
Financial incentives and training opportunities are being thrown at future aged care workers to study in the Goldfields, as a sustainable economic growth conference gets underway in Kalgoorlie.
These grey nomad influencers are more at home on social media than in the village
Keeping their retirement village peers in the loop on their travels, these older influencers have garnered a loyal following.
Break-in at heritage-listed hotel has guest hiding in wardrobe
A guest has told of hiding in a wardrobe when a group of people forced their way into an historic Kalgoorlie hotel, causing more than $30,000 worth of damage.
Why are West Australians so attached to the Goldfields pipeline?
With its iconic history of ingenuity and tragedy, everyone wants a say in how the Goldfields water pipeline will be conserved and upgraded.
Quicker COVID-19 tests set to begin with truckies isolating in WA's vulnerable regions
Rapid antigen testing is faster but less accurate and authorities are expecting one in 10 drivers to return a false positive. Residents in the towns where the truckies will have to isolate are not happy with the plan.
Settling Afghan refugees in worker-starved regions would be a win-win, experts say
Community leaders say bringing refugees to the Goldfields would be the right thing to do and could help to ease the labour shortage.
Graduates wined and dined by mining industry headhunters 'thirsty' to fill skills gap
Meet the 20-year-old mining engineering students being offered 'six-figure' salaries as they approach graduation in the middle of a boom.
Should mines have psychologists on-site to support FIFOs' mental health?
Peter Miller lost his FIFO son Rhys to suicide. He wants mines to do more to support their workers' mental health, and supports calls for on-site psychologists.
WA regions outperforming Perth in container recycling
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has seen a 23 per cent decrease in the volume of its recycling collections, but experts say there's a good reason for that.
Kalgoorlie's Facebook groups are filled with crime complaints, but what do the statistics say?
Property crime and stealing offences have decreased over the past four years but there's still community outrage about crime in one of Australia's largest regional cities.
'Eighteen dollars doesn't go very far': Kalgoorlie teen slams minimum wage increase
A teenager living out of home says a 2.5 per cent increase to the minimum wage will do little to ease the stress on young people like her.
In this city of 29,000 people, there is just one clinical psychologist
Kalgoorlie-Boulder's only clinical psychologist Christina Petz says she's had enough of mental illness "not being prioritised", as a mother who lost her son to suicide also speaks out.
To stay or to tour: The dilemma facing Aboriginal bands in remote communities
With high financial and cultural costs, the Australian music industry demands a lot from Indigenous artists, with the path to mainstream success inaccessible in many ways.