| Melissa Doyle | |
 Melissa Doyle on Sunrise
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| Born | 10 February 1970 Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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| Occupation | Seven Network Journalist and television personality |
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Melissa Jane Doyle (born February 10, 1970) is an Australian television personality and co-host of the Seven Network's Sunrise, The Zoo and Where Are They Now. Sunrise is an Australian Breakfast television program broadcast on Channel Seven. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. Sunrise is an Australian Breakfast television program broadcast on Channel Seven. The Zoo is a seven-part Australian reality television series centred around the lives of a zoo team at Taronga Zoo, New South Wales Where Are They Now is a television show that airs on Australia 's Seven Network.
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Early career
In her youth she attended Pymble Ladies' College. Pymble Ladies' College, (known as PLC or Pymble) is an independent, non-selective day and Boarding school for girls located in She studied communications at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, NSW. Charles Sturt University ( CSU) is an Australian multi-campus University in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM. 2MCE FM Bathurst is a local Community radio station located on the campus of Charles Sturt University in Bathurst New South Wales, Australia She gained a cadetship at WIN Television's Canberra bureau in 1990, then moved to Prime Television to become news anchor and general reporter. WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales Australia Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Prime Television is an Australian television network owned by Prime Television Limited. After her stint at Prime ended in 1995, Doyle joined Channel Seven Sydney as a Canberra based political reporter. The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. Doyle was one of Sunrise's original hosts before it was axed in 1999, before being resurrected in 2000, and which she rejoined in 2002. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. She also had a stint reading the Seven Late News. Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.
In 2000, she took over as host of Sydney's Today Tonight following the departure of Stan Grant. Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at 6 Stan Grant Jr (born 30 September 1963) is an Australian Journalist of part Aboriginal ancestry She stayed until March 2001 when she left for maternity leave. March 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September
Sunrise
Doyle returned to Seven from maternity leave in a variety of news and presenting roles before being asked to front a revamped Sunrise program with Chris Reason. Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965 is Network Reporter for Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, After about 8 months, Chris left the program after a recurrence of cancer. David Koch then joined the program as a replacement for Chris.
Together, Doyle and Koch, under the guidance of Executive Producer Adam Boland, eventually surpassed their incumbent opposition and market leaders, the Today Show on Channel Nine. Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney
In 2003 Doyle enjoyed a very public pregnancy with her second child, who was born in December of that year and named Talia.
Doyle was nominated for the Silver Logie as Most Popular Television Presenter in 2006, 2007 and 2008. She was the only female nominated in that category.
Other Work
In October 2007 Doyle's first book, The Working Mothers Survival Guide (co-written with Jo Scard), was published by Allen & Unwin.
In 2008, Doyle fronted a new documentary program on Seven called "The Zoo". After a successful six week run a second series of the program has been commissioned for later in 2008.
| Preceded by Stan Grant |
Today Tonight Sydney presenter 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Naomi Robson presenting from Melbourne |
| Preceded by Georgie Gardner |
Sunrise female co-host 2002– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
References
External links
- [1], Melissa Doyle's official site
- [2], Website for Melissa Doyle's book
- Melissa Doyle Sunrise presenter, Seven Network
- Melissa Doyle, Ninemsn Health, June 2004 issue of GoodMedicine magazine
- Interview on WHO.com with Mel and Kochie about their Cool the Globe campaign
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