Meet Australia’s Women On Media – A B&T Work In Progress

Working hard on our 2018 Women in Media Power List, B&T realised there’s another list we need to compile, and that’s the women on our media.

While we’re all about everyone in advertising, marketing and media, compiling our power list always throws up the debate of whether we should focus more on women with public media personas or those working in a more behind the scenes capacity. And of course there’s the hybrids who keep a foot in both camps.

So just for the fun of it, we decided to compile a list of Women On Media, be it print, online (is there now a difference?), radio and TV. It won’t be long and no doubt the socials will be here too. Or is that another list entirely we ask?

Making this list, we realised it could get big very quickly, and call it astute time management or just plain laziness, we stopped at 50 and are now throwing it over to you, dear readers.

So, check out our initial 50 below, add in extras below in the comments section and let’s see where this list ends up. If it proves popular, we may even rope it into our Women in Media announcements of a top 30, but let’s just see what happens first.

Of course don’t forget we’re still taking suggestions (and there’s been some beauties!) for our overall 2018 Women in Media Power List, so if you haven’r checked it out do so now or forever grumble your fave was left off.

So with no further ado, in alphabetical order, here’s our starting 50. Let’s see how big we can get this list.

Abby Coleman – breakfast co-host, Hit Network
Amanda Keller – breakfast co-host, ARN
Bianca Dye – breakfast co-host, ARN
Carrie Bickmore – The Project, Ten
Chrissie Swan – breakfast co-host, Nova
Deborah Knight – news reader, Nine
Donna Hay – founder, Donna Hay Pty Ltd
Edwina McCann – editor-in-chief, Vogue Australia
Em Rusciano – breakfast host, SCA
Emma Alberici – chief economics correspondent, ABC
Erin Molan – host, The Footy Show
Fifi Box – breakfast co-host, Hit Network
Fran Kelly – breakfast host, ABC
Geraldine Doogue – Presenter, ABC Radio National
Georgie Gardner – Today host, Nine
Ita Buttrose – We Await It’s Next Gig
Jackie “O” Henderson – creakfast co-host, KIIS1065
Jamila Rizvi – editor-at-large, Nine’s Future of Women
Janice Petersen – news presenter, SBS
Jessica Rowe – co-host Studio10, Ten
Jo Stanley – breakfast co-host, ARN
Juanita Phillips – news presenter, ABC
Julia Zaetta – editor, Better Homes and Gardens
Justine Cullen – editor-in-chief, ELLE Australia
Kate de Brito – editor-in-chief, news.com.au
Kate Langbroek – drive co-host, KIIS Network
Kate McClymont – investigative journalist, Sydney Morning Herald
Kate Ritchie – drive co-host, Nova
Katharine Murphy, political editor, The Guardian
Lee Lin Chin, news presenter, SBS
Leigh Sales – anchor The 7.30 Report, ABC
Lenore Taylor – editor, The Guardian
Lisa Wilkinson – co-host, The Project, Ten
Mel McLaughlin, sports presenter, Seven
Meshel Laurie – breakfast co-host, KIIS Network
Mia Freedman – co-founder and content director, Mamamia
Michelle Grattan – chief political correspondent, The Conversation
Miranda Devine – columnist, The Daily Telegraph
Natalie Barr – news presenter Sunrise, Seven
Nikki Briger – editor, Marie Claire
Robin Bailey – breakfast co-host, Triple M Network
Samantha Armytage – co-host Sunrise, Seven
Sarrah Le Marquand – editor-in-chief, Stellar magazine
Sonia Kruger – host The Voice, Nine
Sophie Monk – host Love Island, Nine
Stephanie Brantz – sports reporter, ABC
Sylvia Jeffries – news presenter Today, Nine
Tracy Grimshaw – host A Current Affair, Nine
Virginia Triolo – presenter, ABC News Breakfast
Yvonne Sampson – presenter, Fox Sports

Advertise with us

Please login with linkedin to comment

Latest comments

Rochelle Burbury says:
24/05/2018 at 10:21 am
How about Katrina Strickland, the Editor of Good Weekend? In her previous role as Editor of the AFR Magazine – she won magazine of the year for 4 consecutive years!

B&T Women in Media Women in Media Women in Media 2018 Women on Media