Michael Willesee Jr.

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Michael Willesee Jr.
Education Charles Sturt University
Occupation(s)Journalist
TV presenter
production company founder
Spouse Allison Langdon
Family Don Willesee (grandfather)
Michael Willesee (father)
Terry Willesee (uncle)
Janet Shaw (cousin)

Michael Willesee Jr. is an Australian television journalist, who has worked in both print journalism and broadcasting.

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Early life

Willesee is the son of the late Australian journalist Mike Willesee and brother of fellow journalist Amy Willesee. Their mother was Willesee senior's first wife and former Miss Australia, Joan Stanbury. [1] Through his uncle, journalist and broadcaster Terry, the late author and cyclist Janet Shaw was his cousin.

Michael graduated from Charles Sturt University at the end of 1988, and joined Mojo Advertising where he worked closely with some of the giants of the industry including Alan Morris and Allan Johnston.[ citation needed ]

Career

Willesee began his career in journalism with The Australian newspaper in 1990. After completing his cadetship he moved to Los Angeles in 1991, freelancing for Sydney's The Sun-Herald newspaper as well as various US magazines.

Later that year, he moved into television, working on the tabloid news television program Hard Copy , produced by Paramount Television.

In 1992, Willesee moved to New York, where he joined the US version of A Current Affair at Fox Television, and again filing stories for Australian TV. Later that year he returned to Australia and accepted a role with the Nine Network reporting for National Nine News before joining A Current Affair where he worked until late 1998.

Michael then moved behind the camera, running a production company specialising in documentaries. His award-winning films covered diverse subjects including remote African tribes, true crime, religious phenomena and dangerous animals.

In March 2014, Michael resigned from Sky News Australia to take up a job in the office of Treasurer Joe Hockey. [2]

Personal life

On 26 August 2007, Michael announced his engagement to Nine Network's 60 Minutes program reporter Allison Langdon and they later married in 2008.

The couple had a son in January 2017, followed by a daughter in March 2019.

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian TV journalist Mike Willesee dies aged 76". The Guardian . 1 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Knox, David. "Michael Willesee leaves SKY News". TV Tonight.


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