Whitney Fitzsimmons

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Whitney Fitzsimmons is an Australian journalist.

Career

Fitzsimmons has been a TV presenter for over eight years at the ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corporation]. She is currently the host of Business Today, which is broadcast on ABC1, ABC News 24 and Australia Network [the ABC's international TV network]; she has been with the program since it began in August 2006. [1] [2]

During Fitzsimmons' ten years with the ABC she has held many positions ranging from senior producer of Lateline , anchor of Lateline Business, The World, Afternoon Live, The Drum, The Midday Report - summer edition, the current affairs program AustraliaWide and finance presenter on the Midday Report alongside Ros Childs, and reported nationally on ABC News on general news and business stories. [1]

Previously Fitzsimmons was a news presenter for Australia Network and anchored major world events such as the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Palestinian elections and the end of Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon's political career. [1]

In 2009 she was awarded a Jefferson Fellowship from the East West Centre in Honolulu, to study the impact of the financial crisis on Asia. She is also the recipient of a 2008 fellowship from the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre. [1]

Fitzsimmons holds a Master in Arts: Journalism from the University Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts: Theatre and Performance from the University of Western Sydney - Nepean.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About the program". Business Today. Australia Network. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  2. "The Team". Lateline Business. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
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Business Today
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