Jennifer Byrne
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Jennifer Byrne is an Australian print, radio and television journalist.
Byrne was educated at St Margaret's School, Melbourne as a boarding student[1], and began her career in journalism at age 16 as a cadet at Melbourne's The Age newspaper. At 23 she became the paper's San Francisco correspondent, and later a feature writer.[2]
Byrne's television career began as a reporter on Nationwide. After returning to print media as assistant-editor of the The Age's Monthly Review, in 1982 she moved back to television on Channel 9's Sunday.[2] On Sunday in 1985 Byrne won a Logie for her story on Paul Keating's tax summit.[3]
From 1986 to 1993 she worked on the Australian current affairs program 60 Minutes.[4] She has presented Foreign Correspondent on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
In 2005 Byrne narrated the ABC mockumentary television show We Can Be Heroes. From 2006 to present, also on the ABC, she hosts First Tuesday Book Club, a panel book review program, alongside regular commentators Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger. In the mid-1990s she was publishing director at Reed Books.[5]
Byrne's husband is popular ABC presenter Andrew Denton with whom she has a son, Connor.
[edit] References
- ^ Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list (accessed:26-06-2007)
- ^ a b Kent, Simon. "The Guide: Stars on the Way Up", Sydney Morning Herald, John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd, 1987-10-12.
- ^ About Sunday: Our History (Pt 2). Ninemsn. Retrieved on 2006-07-18.
- ^ Jennifer Byrne (II). iMDB. Retrieved on 2006-07-18.
- ^ Beaumont, Lucy. "Networking", The Age, John Fairfax Holdings Limited, 2006-05-18. Retrieved on 2006-07-18.
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