Virginia Trioli
| Virginia Trioli | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 August 1964 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Education | B.A., La Trobe University |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
| Title | News Breakfast Co-Host |
| Spouse(s) | Russell Skelton |
| Website | abc.net.au/profiles |
Virginia Frances Trioli (born 16 August 1964) is an Australian journalist, author and radio and television presenter.
Born in Bendigo, Trioli attended Donvale High School and graduated from La Trobe University in the 1980s, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a fine arts major in cinema. She worked as a publicist for a book publisher, then at the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission before starting at The Age in 1990. For three years she was president of The Age's chapter of the union, the Australian Journalists Association (now the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance).
Trioli began, but did not complete, postgraduate studies in New York from 1993 to 1994 while working as a reporter for The Age, where she worked until 1999. Trioli worked part-time for the Packer organisation as a columnist in the magazine The Bulletin. She became well known as a radio presenter when she worked at 774 ABC Melbourne in 2001 on weekday afternoons, where she shared the journalist union's Walkley Award with the 774 "Drive Team". In 2001, she won another Walkley Award for her interview with former defence minister Peter Reith over the "Children Overboard Affair".
In 2005, Trioli moved to Sydney to host the morning show on the radio station 702 ABC Sydney, replacing Sally Loane. After nearly two years, she resigned from this role on 9 November 2007 to concentrate on developing her TV career. Many speculated she wanted the role of presenter of Media Watch on ABC TV. In addition to her radio commitments, she was a regular occasional commentator on ABC TV program Insiders and was a weekly host on Sunday Arts. On 5 February 2007, Trioli was announced as the Friday presenter of ABC's Lateline news and current affairs program, replacing Maxine McKew. Trioli hosts the ABC program Q&A when its regular host, Tony Jones, is on a break.
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