Jenny Woodward

Jenny Woodward is a journalist for ABC Queensland. She has presented the weather for ABC News in Queensland since 1986.[1] She also conducts frequent live broadcasts, including annual broadcasts from the Brisbane Show or 'Ekka' as well as preparing reports for the Queensland edition of "Stateline".[2] She has been the compere of the nationally televised “Spirit of Christmas” concert series at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for seven years.

Awards

In 2004 Woodward won a Queensland Media Award. She was further honoured on 8 April 2008 when a species of Geranium was named after her. The Jenny Woodward Geranium is a pink flowered bush. She lives in Brisbane with her family. She was approached by the Australian Labor Party to run as a candidate in the 2010 Australian Federal Election, but declined to change professions.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "25 years of Jenny's Weather". Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Looking Skyward
  3. ↑ Weather reader cool on ALP approach

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