‘On the inside I felt a rage’: Antoinette Lattouf on emerging from her bruising battle with the ABC

Antoinette Lattouf says she became the ‘overwhelming’ centre of attention after she shared a Human Rights Watch post about the war in Gaza while she was a casual host on ABC Radio Sydney. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Most people facing a gruelling federal court trial, hostile press and the glare of the public spotlight would hesitate to add more challenges to their load.

But for journalist Antoinette Lattouf, the public drama she was starring in and the “molasses of multiple legal battles” she faced was a good time to become “match fit” by taking on tough physical challenges and start writing a book.