Virginia Trioli

Virginia Trioli

Virginia Frances Trioli (born 16 August 1964) is an award-winning Australian journalist and author.

Biography

Born in Bendigo, she 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).

She undertook but did not complete postgraduate studies in New York from 1993–94 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 "The Bulletin" magazine. She became well-known as a radio presenter when she worked at 774 ABC Melbourne in 2001, 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. [*cite web
url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/triolis-career-over-the-border/2005/08/12/1123353500476.html
title = Trioli's career over the border
accessdate = 2008-06-26
last = Ziffer
first = Daniel
date = Date|2005-08-13
publisher = The Age
] She resigned from this role on Date|2007-11-09 after nearly two years in the role to concentrate on developing her TV career. Many speculate she wants the role of presenter of Media Watch on ABC TV. [cite web
url = http://www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2007/11/09/1194329421919.html
title = Trioli quits radio for full-time television career
accessdate = 2003-03-03
last = Javes
first = Sue
coauthors = Arjun Ramachandran
date = Date|2007-11-09
publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald
] In addition to her radio commitments, she is a regular occasional commentator on ABC TV program "Insiders" and is a weekly host on "Sunday Arts". On Date|2007-02-05, Trioli was announced as the Friday presenter of ABC's "Lateline" news and current affairs program, replacing Maxine McKew.

She is also 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".

Her husband is The Age's Sydney correspondent Russell Skelton.Fact|date=May 2008

She answers to the nickname "Trigger".Fact|date=May 2008

It was announced in June that Trioli would host a morning news program on ABC2. The program will be called Breakfast and will compete with commercial free to air programs including the Today Show and Sunrise. [*cite web
url = http://streem.com.au/s/entertainment/abc-takes-on-sunrise-today-show
title = ABC takes on Sunrise, Today show
accessdate = 2008-06-26
author = Streem
date = Date|2008-06-06
]

Awards

*1995 Walkley Award
*1999 Melbourne Press Club — "Best Columnist"
*2001 Walkley Award

Bibliography

*1996 "Generation F: Sex, Power and the Young Feminist", ISBN 1 86330 513 0

References


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