Jennifer Byrne

Jennifer Byrne is one of Australia's most respected journalists and broadcasters who has worked in all arms of the media: print, radio and television. Having done her cadetship at The Age and worked on UK’s Fleet Street, she was a founding reporter with Channel Nine’s Sunday programme and spent some 12 years travelling the world for 60 Minutes and as anchor for Foreign Correspondent. She was publishing director of Reed Books, morning presenter on ABC radio, won national awards as interviewer and columnist for The Bulletin and, in May 2006, returned to TV to create the country’s first televised book club, which found a loyal audience and ran on the ABC for 11 years concluding in 2017. In recent years, she has been a regular panellist on Network Ten's The Project and in 2019, Jennifer hosted the Australian version of Mastermind and its celebrity edition. She currently is the voice of 10 News First.