Virginia Trioli

Virginia Trioli

Master of Ceremonies  |  Multiple Walkley Award Winner  |  Acclaimed Journalist
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About Virginia

“Two-time Walkley Award winner, Virginia Trioli is the presenter of ‘Creative Types’ on ABC TV and iView and is one of Australia’s best-known journalists, with a formidable reputation as a ...”

Two-time Walkley Award winner, Virginia Trioli is the presenter of ‘Creative Types’ on ABC TV and iView and is one of Australia’s best-known journalists, with a formidable reputation as a television anchor, radio presenter, writer and commentator.

An Honours graduate in Fine Arts from Melbourne and La Trobe Universities, Virginia is the author of A Bit on the Side: Reflections on What Makes Life Delicious (2024) and Generation F (1996), her celebrated response to Helen Garner’s ‘First Stone’.

Virginia has held senior positions at the Age newspaper and the Bulletin magazine; she has hosted ABC radio and television programs in Sydney and Melbourne, including Drive, Mornings, QandA, Lateline and 7.30, and was the founding anchor of ABC News Breakfast on ABC TV, which she co-hosted for 11 years.

She hosts the ABC podcast, You Don’t Know Me and writes her Weekend Reads column for ABC News online each Saturday.

What people say about Virginia

An outstanding MC and facilitator who helped drive conversation and discussion over the two day forum.

– EMG Events

Virginia Trioli is always a consummate professional. She is an excellent facilitator who manages participants and audiences well, allowing people to share their views without letting them go off on tangents. She is highly engaging and entertaining.

– Transport Accident Commission

Virginia Trioli was a wonderful facilitator and held the panel discussion with great insights, knowledge and key questions to the speakers. She managed the hypothetical with respect but also great humour. We were very pleased with Virginia and would love to work with her again.

– City of Melbourne

Virginia was fantastic, so engaging and extremely intelligent.

– Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

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