Virginia Trioli

Virginia Trioli is one of Australia’s most respected journalists, known for her sharp interviewing style, wit and versatility across television, radio and print. A multi-prize-winning reporter, she earned journalism’s highest honour – a Walkey Award – for her business reporting in 1995 and again in 2001 for her landmark interview with Peter Reith on the children overboard issue.

She has held senior positions at The Age newspaper and Bulletin magazine, and has hosted flagship programs for the ABC including7.30, Q&A, Lateline and News Breakfast, which she co-anchored for 11 years. On radio, she led ABC Melbourne’s Mornings during pivotal moments including the Black Summer fires and the COVID-19 pandemic. Virginia now hosts ABC’s prime-time Creative Types with Virginia Trioli, the podcast You Don’t Know Me and writes the popular Weekend Reads column for ABC News.

In 1996, Virginia authored Generation F, her celebrated response to Helen Garner’s The First Stone. Her latest book is A Bit on the Side, described by Trent Dalton as ‘utterly delightful’.

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