Jill Singer
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Jill Singer is a well known and respected Australian journalist, columnist and television presenter. She began her journalism career as an ABC radio trainee in 1984. She worked her way up to become a senior reporter for The 7.30 Report on the ABC and later presented the Victorian edition of Today Tonight on the Seven Network. Currently she writes a weekly column for the Melbourne Herald-Sun.
In 1992 Jill won the Walkley Award for Best Investigative Television Journalist.
In 1996 Jill collapsed on-air as she attempted to introduce a story on the then Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett's business dealings. The collapse prompted a public furore, and the story went to air the following night, unchanged, however journalists and producers who worked on the story did not have their contracts renewed. The story behind this was uncovered by an ABC Four Corners feature and the Seven Network was accused of bowing to pressure from the State Government to pull the story.
Whilst having a reputation for being principled and highly ethical, she has come under critisim for her own business dealings.[link]
External links
- [Jill Singer's current column] for the Herald-Sun, a News Corporation paper
References
- Transcript of [ABC News Four Corners Feature : Kennett's Culture] Aired September 1997
- [Brief ABC Art Show biography]
- [Crikey on Today Tonight]
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