Jo is a vibrant, dynamic and well-respected journalist, media commentator and MC with over two decades of experience spanning TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Digital and Social Media in Australia.
Jo has worked for major metropolitan newspapers including The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph and The Sun Herald as well as appearing regularly on Network 10, Channel 7 and 2GB.
She currently hosts popular podcast, TV BingeBox on iTunes & Spotify and has spent the last decade on TV as a regular guest host on Network Ten’s Studio 10; a guest panellist on The Project and delivering a weekly Entertainment Segment – The Choc Top Chats – on Ticker TV and various radio stations including MMM and 2GB.
She is also also passionate about advocating for refugees, asylums seekers, survivors of human trafficking and our First Nations brothers and sisters, and spends most of the week working for a not-for-profit in Sydney.
Jo is also an in-demand MC and conducts live Q&A sessions with top tier celebrity guests which have gained a reputation as being buzzy and incisive yet trustworthy and sincere.
She is passionate about movies, media, showbiz, fashion and lifestyle and her name is synonymous with celebrity in Sydney. As a writer, Jo loves nothing more than igniting passionate intelligent debate, delving into in-depth feature length profiles magazine-style and her smart, yet often cheeky, opinion is highly sought on anything from parenting to politics.
She’s the woman who co-launched the hugely successful News Corp brand Sydney Confidential and has broken thousands of Sydney’s most read showbiz stories through columns in The Daily Telegraph, The Sun Herald and The Sydney Morning Herald as well as The Sunday Telegraph and The Australian.
Jo has also been an Entertainment Reporter on 2GB, 2UE & the Kyle and Jackie O show and her first TV experience was becoming a Beauty on Network Ten/Foxtel’s Beauty & The Beast. She’s been a regular on TV screens ever since including; Sunrise, The Morning Show, Wake UP, The Today Show, Mornings, Today Tonight & Sunday Night.
As a busy single mum of four, Jo really does cherish family above all and often ropes them into playing photographer for her diverse media portfolio which includes a strong social media following (combined audience of 50k) which resonates with women and other mums. She is often asked to contribute to high-profile websites and collaborate with premium brands.
Jo is proudly an ambassador for Barnardos Mother of the Year, The SOFA Project and Autism MATES.
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