Virginia Trioli
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Virginia Frances Trioli (born August 16, 1964) is an Australian journalist and author.
She worked as a print journalist at The Age (Melbourne) throughout the 1990s then at The Bulletin magazine. She became well-known as a radio journalist when she worked at Melbourne station 774, where she shared a Walkley Award with the 774 drive team. In 2001 she won a second Walkley Award for her interview with former Defence minister Peter Reith over the "Children Overboard" affair.
She subsequently moved to Sydney radio, and currently hosts a morning show on station 702 ABC Sydney.
In addition to her radio commitments, she is an occasional commentator on ABC TV series Insiders and is a weekly host on Sunday Arts. She is also the author of the book Generation F: Sex, Power and the Young Feminist published in 1996.
On 21 October 2006, Virginia hosted an Opera event in the Hunter Valley. On 5th February, Trioli was announced as the Friday presenter of ABC's Lateline News and Current Affairs program, replacing Maxine McKew.
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