Carly Flynn

Infobox journalist
name = Carly Flynn


birthname = Carly Kirkwood
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birth_place = Taupo, New Zealand
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occupation = Television journalist
spouse = Dave Flynn
children =
salary =
credits = "Sunrise"
"Nightline"
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Carly Flynn ("née" Kirkwood) is a New Zealand journalist, and host of TV3's morning news and information show, Sunrise.

Personal Life

Born and raised in Taupo, New Zealand, where her father was head of English at a local college, Carly studied media arts in the Waikato where she majored in journalism.

She was married to cameraman Dave Flynn on Sunday, October 22, 2006.

Career

Carly Flynn began her career in print journalism for the Herald community group newspapers before working for Counties Manukau radio station then reporting, presenting and producing for Prime TV’s Waikato and Bay of Plenty regional news.

Carly has also travelled extensively, enjoying a stint living and working in Dublin where she worked for local radio station Newstalk 106 as well as "You're A Star", an Irish pop star programme, before returning to New Zealand where she began as a reporter for "3 News".

On March 14, 2005, Carly took over as the presenter on TV3's highly successful, late-night news programme "Nightline", following in the foot steps of long-time presenter Carolyn Robinson. Flynn also continued to file reports for the show at the same time as presenting.

Flynn left the role at "Nightline" on September 7, 2007 in preparation for her move to TV3's upcomfing breakfast show, "Sunrise". "Sunrise" began on October 2, 2007 and Flynn co-hosted the show with James Coleman, but from October 6, 2008 she will be hosting alongside new presenter Oliver Driver.

Carly Flynn previously presented "NZ News Week", a half-hour weekly wrap of New Zealand's top news stories, produced by TV3 for Sky News Australia and the TV3 website, before this was discontinued in early 2007.

Miscellaneous

Carly's first experience with TV3 was when she was only 16 years old. "When I was 16 I was a work experience student at TV3 where I worked with Hilary Barry and from that moment on I knew I wanted to be a TV reporter," says Carly. "Hilary was an amazing role model for me and I still can’t quite believe that over a decade later I’m following in her footsteps and taking on my own presenting role.

"It’s an amazing opportunity for me to become the presenter of one of TV3's most successful news shows and I intend on giving the job everything I’ve got.

"Ever since I did my first journalism work experience with TV3 and even after working around New Zealand and the world, I always knew I wanted to be a TV3 girl. I love the network and have really enjoyed my time reporting for 3 News. Of course I’m also delighted to be working alongside Hilary Barry again who was one of the first to congratulate me on my new role."

In 2005, Carly was nominated in the "Eating Media Lunch" Awards in the category "Most Intriguing Lips" for a pronunciation on "Nightline".

External links

* [http://www.3news.co.nz/TVShows/NewsandCurrentAffairs/Sunrise/OurTeam/ProfileDisplay/tabid/528/articleID/33031/Default.aspx Carly Flynn's TV3 profile]

References

Quotes from this page originate from http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0503/S00156.htm