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Program updates for Friday: 
- Sydney Morning Herald’s innovation editor, Stephen Hutcheon, is replacing Conal Hanna on the Tiny screen, big disruption: Mobile-first strategies, and Amy O’Leary will not be appearing.
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Lisa Wilkinson

Nine Network, Today
Walkley advisory board member; journalist and presenter

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For more than three decades, Lisa Wilkinson has blazed a trail through the Australian media landscape, first in publishing, then on to radio and television. Lisa’s media career got off to an astonishing start when she was appointed editor of the national young women’s magazine Dolly at the tender age of 21. Four years later, after almost tripling the circulation, Lisa was head-hunted by the late Kerry Packer, who offered her the editorship of the iconic Cleo magazine. Over the next decade, Lisa guided the magazine to new circulation highs, making it the No. 1 selling women’s lifestyle magazine per-capita in the world.

With her skills now in demand internationally, Lisa set up her own magazine consultancy, whilst juggling three small children and her new role as radio host, working alongside some of the industry’s best, including Doug Mulray and Mike Carlton. It was then Lisa made the switch to TV and for the last eight years as co-host along with Karl Stefanovic, of Channel Nine’s Today Show, as well as regularly fronting a number of flagship network programs including federal election coverage, the royal wedding and Carols By Candlelight.

Apart from her diverse media skills, Lisa is also known as a mentor to young women. Under her special brand of guidance and training, there are now 21 women and men around the world who have gone on to become successful magazine editors themselves. In 2013 Lisa was invited to deliver the annual Andrew Olle lecture to enormous acclaim – and became only the second female journalist after Jana Wendt in 17 years to do so.

Lisa is married to journalist, best-selling author and former Wallaby and rugby international Peter FitzSimons AM and they have three children.