Monika Kos

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Monika Kos (born 2 December 1967, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. [1] [2]

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Monika Kos
Born (1967-12-02) 2 December 1967 (age 56)
Perth, Western Australia
Nationality Australian
OccupationTelevision presenter & journalist
Years active1990–present
Employer Nine Network
Television Nine News (2020–present)
10 News First (2019–2020)
Today Tonight (1997–2019)
SpouseGrant Willesee
ChildrenDenham Willesee
Parents
  • Friedrich Anton Kos (father)
  • Jane Margaret née Roper (mother)

Career

Kos is best known for presenting the Western Australian edition of the Seven Network's evening current affairs program Today Tonight from 1997 until it was axed in 2019. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Kos studied at Loreto Nedlands and John XXIII College [7] and is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. [8] She worked at Perth radio station 6PR in the late 1980s in various roles including as a presenter before she joined Channel 7 in Perth as a cadet journalist in 1990. [1]

In December 2019, it was announced Kos had joined Network 10 and would replace Narelda Jacobs as presenter of the Perth edition of 10 News First . [9] [10] [11]

In August 2020, Kos was made redundant by Network 10. She presented her final Perth-based 10 News First bulletin on 11 September before production of the state-based Perth bulletin moves to Sydney. [12]

On 2 December 2020, it was announced that Kos is joining Nine News Perth to front a new live and local one-hour bulletin at 5pm, commencing Monday, 7 December. [13]

Personal life

Kos is the daughter of Friedrich Anton Kos (an architect and architectural photographer [14] ) and Jane Margaret née Roper (a graphic artist and painter [15] ). [16] Kos has an older half-brother, David, a farmer in Tasmania. [16]

Kos is of Austrian descent, [1] her father was born in Vienna in 1926 and migrated to Australia in 1951 following World War II. [16]

Kos is married to Grant Willesee, a camera operator and son of Terry Willesee. [1] [17] [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tate, Lee (5 November 2017) Monika Kos celebrates 20 years at the helm of Channel 7 Perth's Today Tonight, Have a Go News. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "TVW Roll Call". Western Australia Television History. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (9 June 2015) Today Tonight WA turns 20, TV Tonight . Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (26 November 2019) Axed: Today Tonight, TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Strewth". The Australian . News Limited. 26 January 2004. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "For viewers, Munro remains a current affair". The Australian . News Limited. 20 February 2003. pp. B12. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "John XXIII Alumni". John XXIII College . Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  8. ↑ Ridley, Michelle (30 December 2010). "Students cut to the chase to succeed". The West Australian . Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (12 December 2019) Today Tonight's Moniko Kos joins Ten, Mumbrella . Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  10. ↑ Knox, David (12 December 2019) Monika Kos joins 10 News in Perth, TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ten News Perth signs Monika Kos, farewells Narelda Jacobs". Television.au. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  12. ↑ McKnight, Robert (11 August 2020). "BREAKING - REDUNDANCIES AT 10 NEWS AND CHANGES AT STUDIO 10". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Kos to front new 9News Perth 5pm bulletin, 9 News, https://www.9news.com.au/national/9news-perth-launches-new-5pm-bulletin-hosted-by-monika-kos/9b7dc3c4-acc2-4c3b-93c0-e4b3979c0541/?feed_id=11825%7Ctitle=Monika
  14. ↑ Kos, Fritz; Historical Records Rescue Consortium (1959). "Fritz Kos collection of photographs" . Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Jane Kos : Australian Art and Artists file". 1995. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  16. 1 2 3 "Creativity in TV Host's blood". The West Australian . 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  17. ↑ Channel 7's Monika Kos and Grant Willesee upgrade in Perth, Property Observer. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  18. ↑ "TVW Families". Western Australia Television History. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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