Juanita Phillips
Juanita Phillips (born 11 October 1963[1] in Brisbane) is an Australie jurnalist an news presenter.
Phillips is currently wirkin for the ABC as weeknicht presenter o ABC News in New Sooth Wales an fore-nicht presenter for ABC News bulletins.
Career
[eedit | eedit soorce]Phillips began her career in Brisbane in 1982 as a cadet jurnalist at The Courier-Mail whaur she became a featur writer an columnist.[2]
In the early 1990s, Phillips wirkit at TVQ-10 Brisbane as a reporter an presenter an she made her naitional debut as regular presenter on Ten Eyewitness News weekend late edition (frae Network Ten's Brisbane studios) in 1993. A year later, Phillips muivit tae Sydney tae join Ron Wilson on TEN-10's Ten News First at Five, succeedin Sandra Sully an she wis lead female presenter for the bulletin for twa years an wis later succeedit bi Jessica Rowe.
In 1997, follaein a stint as presenter wi Sky News Australia, Phillips muivit tae Lunnon whaur she wirkit as a news presenter at BBC World News while at the same time runnin a Lunnon cafe. She later muivit tae CNN International, in Lunnon an aw, wirkin mainly as co-anchor on CNN Today afore returnin tae Australie as weekend presenter o ABC News in New Sooth Wales.
In 2003, she muivit tae co-anchor ABC News NSW wi Tony Eastley an later acome solo presenter o the bulletin.
Durin 2007, Phillips wrote a nummer o airticles for The Bulletin includin an airticle on ainimal richts activist Lyn White that caused some controversy.[3]
On 30 November 2007, Phillips suffered an on-air coughin fit while presentin ABC News NSW, forcin the ABC tae switch tae a simulcast o the Victoria state bulletin frae its Melbourne station till her coughin fit subsidit.[4] In her 2010 beuk, A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life, she describes the episode as a result o a stress-inducit laryngeal spasm.
Personal life
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 2002, Phillips marriet Mario Milostic, an Australie graphic designer, efter a sax-week courtship. Thair first bairn, Marcus, wis born in 2003 an thair dochter, Mischa, in 2006.[5]
In 2009, Juanita teuk carer's leave frae the ABC tae care for thair childer while her husband Mario wis interstate for rehabilitation frae bouel cancer.[6]
Publications
[eedit | eedit soorce]- The Newspaper Kids, series o five childer's beuks, 1996, 1997, HarperCollins[7][8]
- A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life: how to have it all, do it all, and keep it all together, 2010, ABC Beuks, ISBN 978-0-7333-2588-5
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Any time is the right time" The Age, 7 July 2006
- ↑ Author biography
- ↑ "Lunch with Lyn White" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine by Juanita Phillips, The Bulletin (11 April 2007)
- ↑ "Juanita Phillips coughing fit halts ABC evening news", Brisbane Times, 30 November 2007
- ↑ Karen Pakula (7 November 2006). "Any time is the right time". The Age. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ↑ "Newsreader Juanita Phillips' husband diagnosed with cancer", news.com.au, 13 March 2009
- ↑ Books by Mark David
- ↑ Phillips' publications at the National Library of Australia
| Media offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Precedit bi Sandra Sully |
Ten Eyewitness News: First At Five – Sydney Presenter with Ron Wilson 1994–1996 |
Succeedit bi Jessica Rowe |
| Precedit bi Tony Eastley |
ABC News NSW Weeknicht Presenter 2003–2023 |
Succeedit bi incumbent |
| Precedit bi program stairtit |
Evening News Presenter 22 July 2010 – 2014 |
Succeedit bi Karina Carvalho |