Jenny Woodward

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Jenny Woodward

OAM
Born
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Alma mater Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education
Occupationtelevision presenter
Years active1975–present
Known forbeing Australia's longest serving weather presenter
TelevisionABC News Queensland, The Weather Quarter

Jennifer Woodward OAM is an Australian television presenter.

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Woodward is Australia's longest serving weather presenter, having delivered the forecasts on the weeknight edition of ABC News Queensland since 1986. [1] [2] [3]

Early life

Woodward was born in Brisbane but grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland where she studied drama at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, which later became the University of Southern Queensland. [4]

Career

Woodward began her television career at Toowoomba's DDQ-10 in 1975 where she produced and directed children's programs, variety shows and special event as well as being a newsreader and weather presenter. [5] [6]

In the early 1980's, Woodward was a producer at Channel 7 in Brisbane where she was an assistant producer on the children's program Wombat. [5] [6] This led to her co-authoring The Wombat Book in 1984. [6]

In 1986, Woodward joined ABC Television in Brisbane where she became the weeknight weather presenter on the station's flagship 7pm news bulletin. [5]

Woodward also conducts frequent live broadcasts, including annual broadcasts from the Royal Queensland Show (colloquially 'Ekka'). She has been the compere of the nationally televised "Spirit of Christmas" concert series at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for seven years. [6]

From 2011 until 2014, Woodward hosted The Weather Quarter on ABC News 24. [6]

In 2010, Woodward was approached by the Australian Labor Party to run as a candidate in the 2010 Australian Federal Election, but declined to change professions. [7]

Woodward was off the air for six weeks in mid-2020 when she was hospitalised with an inflamed heart following a virus. [8]

In 2021, Woodward starred in her own one-woman stage show called Weathering Well which premiered at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 24 April 2021. [4]

For 20 years, Woodward has been as a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. [6]

Personal life

Woodward is one of six daughters of Bob and Laurie Mackie. [2] [9] She and her husband Doug, who have three sons, live in Brisbane. [1] [2]

Awards

In 2004, Woodward won a Queensland Media Award. [10]

She was further honoured on 8 April 2008 when a species of geranium was named after her. The Jenny Woodward Geranium is a pink flowered bush. [2] [11]

Woodward was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours in recognition of her service to broadcast media. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Price, Amy (14 December 2023). "'Remarkable what he's achieved': Jenny Woodward on husband's surprising new career". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 26 January 2024. Jenny is Australia's longest-serving weather presenter, starting her job at the ABC in 1986...
  2. 1 2 3 4 Johnson, Susan (15 March 2015). "ABC weather presenter Jenny Woodward is a woman for all seasons". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Sykes, Emma. "25 years of Jenny's Weather". ABC Local . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 Brown, Phil (25 April 2021). "From the weather to the stage, Jenny Woodward is a star". The Sunday Mail . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Woodward, Jenny (11 June 2022). "ABC News Queensland's Jenny Woodward on how weather presenting has changed over her 47-year career". ABC News . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Award 3017100: Ms Jennifer Woodward". Australian Honours Search Facility . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Hurst, Daniel (5 February 2010). "Weather reader cool on ALP approach". Brisbane Times . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Brown, Phil (28 November 2020). "'I need an ambulance': Jenny Woodward opens up about terrifying health scare". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Woodward, Jenny (25 April 2023). "My Dad was reluctant to attend Anzac Day parades, but he was a proud serviceman". ABC News. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jenny Woodward". ABC News. Retrieved 26 January 2024. She won a Queensland Media Award in 2004.
  11. ↑ "A man of flowers". ABC Local. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2024. Recently he popped up on ABC TV giving weather presenter Jenny Woodward a geranium named in her honour.


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