Virginia Frances Trioli (born 16 August 1965[1]) is an Australian journalist, author, radio and television presenter.
Virginia Trioli | |
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| Born | 16 August 1965 |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Employer | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Spouse | Russell Skelton |
| Children | 1 |
Career
editBorn 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 never completed, postgraduate studies at New York University from 1993 to 1994 while working as a reporter for The Age, where she worked until 1999. She worked part-time for the Packer organisation as a columnist on The Bulletin magazine.
Trioli became 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 a 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.[2] After nearly two years, she resigned from this role on 9 November 2007 to concentrate on developing her TV career. 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 is a fill-in host on the ABC program Q&A.
Trioli is the author of the book Generation F: Sex, Power and the Young Feminist published in 1996 as a riposte to Helen Garner's The First Stone.
In 2008, Trioli moved back to Melbourne to commence co-hosting News Breakfast on ABC TV alongside Barrie Cassidy, Joe O'Brien, Paul Kennedy and Vanessa O'Hanlon.
In January 2009, the ABC announced that O'Brien would remain as host on Monday to Friday replacing Cassidy. In May 2010, O'Brien left News Breakfast to work as a news presenter on ABC News 24. He was replaced by Michael Rowland.
In May 2019, the ABC announced that Trioli would be leaving News Breakfast to replace Jon Faine as Mornings presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne.[3] Lisa Millar was announced as Trioli's replacement on News Breakfast.
On her first Mornings program with ABC Radio Melbourne, Trioli incorrectly declared herself to be the first female presenter of the program when in fact it had been Elizabeth Bond who had hosted the show in the late 1970s.[4] Trioli apologised for the error.[5] Ramona Koval had also hosted Mornings from 1988 to 1992.[6]
In August 2023, Trioli announced that she would resign from ABC Radio Melbourne on 15 September 2023 and move into a TV role with the broadcaster.[7]
In March 2024, the ABC announced Trioli's new show, Creative Types with Virginia Trioli.[8]
Personal life
editTrioli is married to Russell Skelton who is a contributing editor of The Age[9] and head of the ABC's fact checking unit. The couple had their first child in 2012.[10]
Awards
edit- 1995: Walkley Award[11]
- 1999: Melbourne Press Club – "Best Columnist"[11]
- 2001: Walkley Award[11]
Bibliography
edit- Trioli, Virginia (1996). Generation F: Sex, Power and the Young Feminist. Melbourne: Minerva. ISBN 1-86330-513-0. OCLC 36222942.
References
edit- ^ Trioli, Virginia, VIAF; Trioli, Virginia, ISNI; "Today's birthday 16/8", Australian Associated Press, via Seven News, 16 August 2018.)
- ^ Ziffer, Daniel (13 August 2005). "Trioli's career over the border". The Age. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
- ^ Melbourne, ABC Radio (1 May 2019). "Virginia Trioli to leave News Breakfast for major gig on ABC Radio Melbourne". ABC News. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ McGinn, Christine (14 October 2019) Trioli slips up on day one of new ABC gig, The Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Carmody, Broede (14 October 2017) "Virginia Trioli issues correction after claiming ABC radio first", The Age, Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Ramona Koval a three-decade journalism veteran". The Australian. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
as the morning presenter on 3LO (now 774 ABC Melbourne) from 1988 to 1992
- ^ "Virginia Trioli quits ABC radio, announces return to TV". 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Creative Types with Virginia Trioli starts in April". About the ABC. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Trioli quits for life on the box" by Caroline Overington, The Australian, 9 November 2007 Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Standing ovation for Trioli the MC" by Suzanne Carbone, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 June 2012
- ^ a b c Profile, ABC