Jennifer Hansen
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Jennifer Hansen is an Australian journalist and former news presenter on Network 10's Ten News in Melbourne. She presented the news at TEN alongside Mal Walden for more than 10 years - the pair becoming the longest serving news duo in Australia's history.
She was also a newsreader and co-host on The More Music Breakfast Show with Mike Perso on smoothfm 91.5 for nine years.
Early life and education
Hansen was born in Orbost and raised in suburban Melbourne; the psychologist Margot Prior was her stepmother{{Cite news|last=Hosking |first=Wes |date=27 August 2020|title=Tribute paid to Margot: Pioneer lost to virus |page=12|work=Herald Sun}} and she had seven siblings and half-siblings, including a sister who died in infancy.{{cite web |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/140657/professor-margot-prior-ao/ |title=Prior (Hansen) Professor Margot AO |newspaper=The Age |type=death announcement |date=August 2020 |access-date=2021-01-08 }}{{Cite news|date=6 August 2020|title=Host Tells Of SIDS Sadness |page=22|newspaper=Herald Sun}} She attended Firbank Girls' Grammar School and graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Arts degree in English literature and criminology,{{cite web |url=http://jenniferhansen.com.au/about/ |title=About |website=The official Jennifer Henson website |date=20 January 2012 |access-date=2021-01-06 }} and later studied professional writing and editing at RMIT University.{{cite news |url=https://melbournemystyle.com/2020/07/13/people-in-media-melbourne-journalist-jennifer-hansen |title=People in Media: Melbourne Journalist Jennifer Hansen |website=Melbourne My Style|date=2020-07-13 |access-date=2021-01-06 }}
Career
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While a student in the late 1980s, Hansen worked as a reporter at two newspapers, The Southern Cross and the Sunday Observer,{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Schneiders |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/newsreader-leaves-channel-ten-20060131-ge1nvz.html |title=Newsreader leaves Channel Ten |newspaper=The Age |date=2006-01-31 |access-date=2021-01-06 }} and joined Network 10, where in 1995 she became a news presenter on Ten News. She co-hosted the Melbourne evening news broadcast with Mal Walden until leaving the network in January 2006.
Hansen subsequently worked as a news presenter for the ABC during the 2008 Summer Olympics, and wrote for the Herald Sun.{{cite news |url=https://www.radiotoday.com.au/jennifer-hansen-joins-smooth/ |title=Jennifer Hansen joins smoothfm |website=Radio Today |date=2014-03-23 |access-date=2021-01-06 }}
In March 2014, Hansen joined Mike Perso as a newsreader and co-host of The More Music Breakfast Show on smoothfm 91.5,{{Cite web|title=Mike Perso & Jennifer Hansen|url=https://www.smooth.com.au/shows/the-more-music-breakfast-show-with-mike-perso-jen-hansen/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=smoothfm}} In December 2022, Jennifer announced her resignation from smoothfm 91.5 after nine years with the station.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=Jennifer Hansen departs Smooth FM 91.5 |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/jennifer-hansen-departs-smooth-fm-91-5-769566 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-US}}
In 2019, Hansen became ambassador for Hope Street Youth and Family Services in Melton.{{Cite news|date=10 September 2019|title=Radio personality Jennifer Hansen is the new ambassador for Melton's Hope Street Youth|page=4|work=Melton & Moorabool Weekly}}
Writing
Hansen's first novel, Making Headlines, was published in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Money|first=Lawrence|date=2016-02-08|title=Neighbours' Dr Karl – aka Alan Fletcher – on music, acting and bowel cancer|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/neighbours-dr-karl--aka-alan-fletcher--on-music-acting-and-bowel-cancer-20160208-gmob2j.html|access-date=2021-01-06|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald }}
Personal life
Hansen is married to actor Alan Fletcher; they have a son and a daughter.
References
External links
- [http://jenniferhansen.com.au/ Official website]
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