Influencing Insider: Recent Episodes
Sally Laous
This week we welcomed to the show Gina Rushton, Author & Editor for Australia's best independent news publication Crikey!
Gina joins us on Influencing Insider this Friday 21st June at 1pm and will discuss:
- What Crikey covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to best share your news content with Gina
- The stories Gina has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Gina Rushton
Gina is currently editor of independent news and analysis website Crikey. She has worked as a journalist for a decade holding reporting or editing roles at Nine, Australian Associated Press, AAP FactCheck, The Australian and BuzzFeed News. She has also been published in The Guardian, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, The Monthly, The West Australian, Business Insider Australia, O&G Magazine and The Saturday Paper.
About Crikey
For over 20 years, Crikey set out to explain and dissect the news agenda for an intelligent, sceptical, socially and politically aware audience. Their readership of 2.5 million each year expects more than just to read the news – they want to understand the news from a truly independent perspective. Independent from the mainstream media, and in some instances, independent from their own views.
Come join us on Influencing Insider next week as we sit down with The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window Editor Myriam Robin, Thursday 13th June at 1pm to discuss:
- Rear Window and what attracts their audience
- What makes and breaks a news story
- The stories Myriam has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Myriam Robin
Robin started in journalism in 2011 at small business publication SmartCompany, where she became deputy editor. She moved to Crikey as a media reporter in 2013 and was hired as a financial markets reporter at the Financial Review in 2017. She became a Rear Window columnist later that year.
About The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review is Australia's only national financial newspaper, and as such is considered one of the country's leading authorities on business, finance and political news. Every day, The Australian Financial Review uses its vast international resources to bring readers the latest in world news and global business trends.
"Cosmopolitan Australia’s vision is clear: to uplift, empower, and champion women while having an absolute blast doing it."
The much loved Cosmopolitan magazine will return to our shores after a six year hiatus in August. Leading this charge is editor-turned-publisher powerhouse Katarina Kroslakova.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan Australia and T Australia, Kroslakova sits down with us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 6th June at 1pm to discuss:
- Cosmopolitan’s story: the history, the audience & content philosophy
- How to share your news content with Katarina
- The stories she has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Katarina
Kroslakova is a former journalist and editor-turned-publisher of Cosmopolitan Australia and T Australia: The New York Times Style Magazine. She was the editor of The Australian Financial Review's Life & Leisure lifestyle supplement, a role she assumed in 2010 having contributed on a freelance basis to the publication prior to that. Katarina writes about food and wine, fashion, retail, jewellery, beauty and grooming, design, architecture, property, motoring, sport, the arts, philanthropy, travel and health.
About Cosmopolitan Australia
Lifestyle publication Cosmopolitan is set to return to the Australian market after six years with a local dedicated print edition released in Spring. The return of Cosmo Australia is led by publisher Katarina Kroslakova’s local publishing house KK Press in collaboration with Hearst Magazines International.
Lifestyle Editor for The Australian and Freelance Journalist Sophie Howe join us on Influencing Insider next Friday 31st May at 1pm to discuss:
- What stories Sophie covers - and the different publications she has worked with
- How to pitch lifestyle and beauty stories from her perspective as a freelancer
- The stories she has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Sophie
With over 10 years of experience as a beauty, lifestyle & wellness journalist, Sophie has worded with brands such as THE ICONIC, NET-A-PORTER, and Are Media. Her work involves curating and showcasing beauty and lifestyle offerings, creating effective content strategies, and covering topics ranging from skincare, makeup, and haircare to wellness, sustainability, and lifestyle.
About The Australian
For over half a century, The Australian has been the country’s most trusted source of news, insight, analysis and opinion.The daily newspaper provides a full breadth of coverage across politics, business, sports, entertainment, technology, lifestyle and breaking world news.
Designed like a glossy magazine page, gloss etc delves deeper than an Instagram caption, but is snappy enough for today’s time-poor women, delivering an edit of the best beauty products, tips and expert advice, straight to their inbox.
Co-founder's Sarah Tarca & Sherine Youssef join us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 23rd May at 1pm to discuss:
- What gloss etc covers - and why their audience stays engaged
- How to best share your story ideas with Sarah & Sherine
- The stories both have found the most interesting to work on in their careers.
About Sarah & Sherine
With more than four decades of industry experience between them, ex-marie claire beauty directors, Sarah Tarca and Sherine Youssef have long been the go-to girls for family and friends looking to cut through the clutter and find products that work.
About gloss etc
gloss etc, is a weekly beauty newsletter, a platform where Sarah and Sherine can share honest advice and reviews in a way that’s relevant for the modern reader and consumer. Launched in November 2020, gloss etc's newsletter has over 4K subscribers and averages a 60% open rate and 222K monthly impressions.
Influencing women since the 1930s, Are Media are now Australia and New Zealand’s leading multi-channel publisher, reaching 9 in every 10 Australian women every day. Iconic brands such as New Idea, Woman’s Day and Who have helped define the lifestyle genre within the Australian media landscape.
Category Beauty Editor for Are Media Elise Wilson joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 2nd May at 12pm to discuss:
- What Are Media covers - and why their audience stays engaged
- How to best share your story ideas with Elise
- The stories Elise has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Elise Wilson
Elise currently works as the category beauty editor at Are Media, writing for some of the most popular magazines in Australia such as New Idea, Woman’s Day, Who, Take 5, That’s Life, and TV Week.
About Are Media
Are Media is the leading company in Australia for women’s content, driven by their beloved brands and engaged consumers. They create content, experiences and ecommerce opportunities across digital, magazines, social channels, videos, podcasts and events. Their aim is to inform, inspire, influence and enable our audience to connect with the things they are passionate about across beauty, food, fashion, travel, parenting and entertainment.
An award-winning and newly-promoted Editor at Mediaweek, Brittney Rigby joins us on Influencing Insider this Friday 12th of April at 2pm and will discuss:
- What Mediaweek covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with Brittney
- The stories Brittney has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Brittney Rigby
Brittney Rigby is the Editor at Mediaweek.com.au. Previously, Rigby previously served as deputy managing editor at Mumbrella and was most recently the national head of communications at DDB Group Australia, an executive leadership position which also saw her sit on the creative agency’s global communications team. She brings more than 10 years of experience to the role and has contributed to a range of industry titles locally and internationally, in addition to writing regularly for the likes of The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald and SBS.
About Mediaweek
Mediaweek is a highly respected trade journal for the media covering newspapers, magazines, TV, digital, radio, outdoor advertising and entertainment media. Dubbed the media industrys bible by The Australian, it was created by publisher Philip Luker in 1990. In 1999, James Manning took over the publication as publisher and editor. In 2008, Mediaweek TV began on Sky News Business Channel and the magazines infamous podcasts began a year later in 2009.
Fresh off his Gold Lizzie win at the 2024 IT Journalism Awards – Technology Editor at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, David Swan joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 28th of March at 1:30pm and will discuss:
- What The Age & Sydney Morning Herald covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with David
- The stories David has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About David Swan
David Swan is one of Australia's leading technology reporters and editors. Previously the Technology Editor for The Australian newspaper, David has appeared regularly as a tech expert on TV and radio and has been awarded Australia's best technology industry journalist numerous times at The Lizzies, Australia's national IT Journalism awards.
About The Age & Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are Australia's most respected publishers, setting the standards for journalistic excellence for Sydney, Australia, and the rest of the world. From breaking news, to travel and fashion, The Age & SMH continue to transform the way Australians get their news.
This week we welcome to the show, 2024 IT Journalism Award finalist Petra Stock, Science Journalist for Cosmos Magazine
Petra joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 21st March at 1pm and will discuss:
- What Cosmos covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with Petra
- The stories Petra has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Petra Stock
Petra Stock is a Science journalist for Cosmos Magazine reporting on all things science, tech, education, climate change and environment. Petra has an extensive portfolio of published work as both a journalist and engineer– including news, online and magazine features, investigations and explainers – across magazine, online and podcast formats in Cosmos, Nine, The Age, Australian Geographic, Crikey and RenewEconomy.
About Cosmos Magazine
Cosmos is a quarterly science magazine. Their aim is to inspire curiosity in ‘The Science of Everything’ and make the world of science accessible to everyone. They deliver the latest in science with beautiful pictures, clear explanations of the latest discoveries and breakthroughs and great writing. Winner of 47 awards for high-quality journalism and design, Cosmos is a print magazine, online digital edition updated daily, a daily and weekly e-Newsletter and educational resource with custom, curriculum-mapped lessons for years 7 to 10.
Learn how to get your stories on Money Magazine this Thursday on Influencing Insider 🎉
From property, to budgeting, to investing and everything in between, Money Magazine breaks down everything people need to know when it comes to finances.
Leading the team is Editor-in-Chief Michelle Baltazar who joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 14th March at 1pm to discuss:
- Money Magazine, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share your story ideas with Michelle
- The stories Michelle has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Michelle Baltazar
Michelle is the executive director - media at Rainmaker Group, publisher of Money Magazine, The Sustainability Report, Industry Moves and Financial Standard. She has been Editor-in-Chief of Money Magazine since 2019 after Rainmaker purchased the title from Bauer Media.
About Money Magazine
Money Magazine is Australia’s longest-running, highest-selling and most-read personal finance magazine. The title provides clear, easy-to-understand financial information, helping everyday Australians save and invest their money since 1999.
Consumer Tech PR with Freelance Journalist, Nick Ross
With more than 20 years in the industry, Freelance editor and journalist Nick Ross has worked across a dozen publications in technology, including some big names: iTWire, ABC, Tech Radar, iTnews, CRN, PC Gamer, Business IT, to name a few.
Nick Ross joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 29th Feburary at 1pm and will discuss:
- The different publications he oversees
- How to best share story ideas with Nick
- The stories Nick has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Nick Ross
Nick has been a technology columnist for Fairfax/Nine since 2015. He also hosts two podcasts. Meta - a podcast about podcasts, and The Helpdesk - a daily technology podcast alongside former Which-50 editor Tess Bennett.
About iTWire
iTWire is a powerful source of top-line IT&T news, information and community for industry professionals. They put tech news and developments from around the globe into perspective, covering all the important sectors of IT&T in Australia and globally, with a strong emphasis on government. iTWire’s audience is comprised of senior IT&T professionals, CEOs, CIOs, department heads and other managers. These leaders rely on iTWire to stay informed and maintain their competitive edge.
Come escape with us this week, as we talk to Australia’s go-to guide for everything travel related 🌏
Freelance Travel Journalist for Traveller at The Sydney Morning Herald, Craig Tansley joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 22nd Feburary at 1pm and will discuss:
- What Traveller covers - and why their audience stays engaged
- How to best share your story ideas with Craig
- The stories Craig has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Craig Tansley
Craig Tansley is a freelance travel writer based in Melbourne, Australia. After gaining a journalism degree from the Queensland University Of Technology, Craig wrote for sports and music magazines before becoming a travel journalist in 2000. He now writes for many of Australia’s most prestigious newspapers and magazines – writing regularly for everyone from the Australian Financial Review to the Sydney Morning Herald and International Traveller.
About Traveller
Traveller is an essential resource for Australians who love to travel, published daily online and every Saturday and Sunday in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age. They are dedicated to providing the best travel advice by offering the perfect mix of inspirational content and comprehensive destination guides with things to do and places to stay.
SafeWise Australia provides the latest comparisons, advice and review for smart home and security products. Managing editor Georgia Dixon joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 15th February at 1pm to discuss:
- What SafeWise Australia covers
- How to share stories with their audience
- The best ways to pitch SafeWise Australia
About Georgia Dixon
Georgia Dixon is the Managing editor at SafeWise Australia. Georgia has 10 years of experience writing about all things tech, entertainment and lifestyle, with bylines on Reviews.org, 7NEWS, Stuff.co.nz and in TechLife magazine. In 2015, she graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts, specialising in digital cultures.
About SafeWise Australia
Whether it be popular products, how to guides, explainers, SafeWise Australia provide resources to help Australians face the unique challenges our country faces, making their mission to embrace safety as a lifestyle, turn their homes into sanctuaries and invest in their communities.
“GamesHub aims to promote the talents of Australian writers, and foster new voices and perspectives”
The new Managing Editor, Stephanie Panecasio joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 8th February at 1pm to discuss:
- What GamesHub covers
- How to pitch stories to GamesHub
- The best time to pitch GamesHub
About Stephanie Panecasio
Stephanie Panecasio is the Managing Editor of GamesHub. Prior to her role, she was the Associate editor of CNET, covering all things tech, culture, science and entertainment. Stephanie was also a freelance host and presenter, where she streamed music and games on Twitch. Additionally, she was a part of the inaugural Working Lunch program in 2018, being mentored by notable people in games.
About GamesHub
GamesHub is a video game news, reviews, and features site dedicated to creating approachable games coverage for everyone. With a focus on recognising games as creative works first and foremost, and a commitment to comprehensive coverage of the Australian industry, GamesHub wants to expand how people think about and appreciate games from all over the world.
“We all want to lift the global security posture, and we’re actually doing things to make that happen”
KBI.Media’s Head of Cyber Security Journalism, Karissa Breen joins Influencing Insider this Thursday 23rd November at 1:40pm to discuss:
- KBI.Media's audience and their areas of coverage
- How to best share story ideas with Karissa
- The stories Karissa has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Karissa Breen
Karissa Breen is the Head of Security Journalism at KBI.Media. She sets the benchmark for their writers and creates security content that resonates with an executive audience at the intersection of business and technical operations.
About KBI.Media
KBI.Media is the leading hub for cybersecurity news and updates. Between the content produced in-house; their new streaming show, 2Factors, deep-dive articles, as well as their flagship podcast, KBKast - plus the articles and podcasts from our clients and partners, they have the security industry covered.
Imagine a news and storytelling platform that aims to bridge narratives and emphasise the importance of representing diverse communities in mainstream media.
Missing Perspectives does just that.
Product & Strategy Lead Natasha Gillezeau joins Influencing Insider to discuss:
- What Missing Perspectives covers and their editorial goals
- What sets their audience apart
- The best ways to share news with Missing Perspectives
About Natasha Gillezeau
Natasha Gillezeau is the Product & Strategy Lead at Missing Perspectives. Prior to her role, she was a Reporter at Australian Financial Review, specialising in technology, media and marketing and GQ Australia. Gillezeau focuses on working with the reporter base at Missing Perspectives and leads the development of a software product set to launch in November.
About Missing Perspectives
Founded by Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks, Missing Perspectives platforms diverse female storytellers from around the world and shares their unique experiences and perspectives with
“C-suite executives and company boards are operating in an unprecedented environment of disruption, transformation, and accelerating change.”
Digital Nation delivers a forum for robust discussion and debate about the impact of change and the role of business and government in society. Editor Athina Mallis joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 9th November at 1pm to discuss:
- What Digital Nation covers, and what sets their audience apart
- How to share stories with their editorial team
- The best ways to pitch Digital Nation
About Athina Mallis
Athina Mallis is the Editor at Digital Nation Australia. She is an award-winning business technology journalist specialising in Web3, sustainability, and gender equality. Her past experience also includes being the Senior Communications and Content Specialist at award winning content marketing consultancy AZK Media and the Digital Intelligence Unit editor at award-winning B2B publication Which-50.
About Digital Nation
Our readers are the leaders in finance, technology, marketing, HR, sales, operations, product, innovation, and customer experience. This is the publication for transformational leaders across all the disciplines on the executive team, and for those who report to and advise them.
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Joseph Brookes is the Senior Reporter at InnovationAus. He’s also worked at Which-50 Media, as Journalist and editor; winning Best New Journalist at the 2020 IT Journalism Awards.
Joseph joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 26th October at 1pm to talk about:
- InnovationAus, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share story ideas with Joseph
- The stories Joseph has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About InnovationAus
InnovationAus.com is an independent publisher of high-quality journalism. Their reporting covers the state and federal policies and programs that help underpin the commercial development of Australia’s tech industry. They focus on the opportunities that align with the Australian Government’s strategic industry priorities.
We’ll be talking with The Australian Women’s Weekly with their new Digital Managing Editor, Sudeshna Ghosh.
Sudeshna joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 4th October at 1pm to talk about:
- What The Australian Women’s Weekly covers
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch The Australian Women’s Weekly
About Sudeshna Ghosh
Sudeshna Ghosh has been the Digital Managing Editor at The Australian Women’s Weekly since July 2023. Prior to her role, she worked at Medium Rare Content Agency, where she was Deputy Editor for Jetstar Magazine and Managing Editor for Coles Liquor Group. Ghosh initially worked as a television producer before moving to the UAE to work for Gulf News Magazines and BBC Good Food Middle East. She has been a freelance writer and editor and Are Media’s contract editor covering Dubai Tourism for three years.
About The Australian Women’s Weekly
The Australian Women’s Weekly is the country’s most loved and iconic magazine, shaping the lives of Australian women for over 80 years and earning a special place in the heart of the nation. Combining agenda setting news stories with in-depth celebrity and real-life features, unparalleled royal coverage and a legendary lifestyle and food offering, integrity and quality are the heart of all The Weekly does and is the key to its enduring success.
Reviews.org/au welcomes the award-winning Anula Wiwatowska to their content team 🥳
Anula joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 14th September at 2pm and will discuss:
- Reviews.org/au audience and their areas of coverage
- How to best share story ideas with Anula
- Feedback on your pitches - don’t forget to share some live :)
- The stories Anula has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Anula Wiwatowska
Anula is the Content and Social Media Editor within the Reviews.org extended universe, writing across Reviews.org/au and WhistleOut. Working in the tech space since 2020, she covers phone and internet plans, gadgets, smart devices, and the intersection of technology and lifestyle.
About Reviews.org/au
Reviews.org/au review tech products and the in-home services you need to use them. From products to services, with the help of writers, editors, data managers and product experts, Reviews.org/au monitors the market. Examples include covering the entire entertainment tech ecosystem for the home and finding the best plans and deals on the latest smartphones in a matter of seconds
Editor for ARN Julia Talevski joins us on Influencing Insider, Thursday 24th August at 1pm and will discuss:
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- What makes the ARN network attractive for audiences
- How to best share story ideas with Julia
- Feedback on your pitches - don’t forget to share some live :)
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- The stories Julia has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Julia Talevski
Julia Talevski is an editor for ARN responsible for producing content and covering stories on a wide cross section of the IT industry, businesses and upcoming trends in the market. Julia has spent more than 10 years developing her storytelling skills and continuously builds upon a strong network across the industry.
About ARN
For over 26 years, ARN has kept Australia’s technology companies up to date with the latest breaking news and in-depth analysis on the IT industry and the local channel landscape.
Editor for Finder, Mariam Gabaji joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 17th August at 1pm and will discuss:
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- Finder’s audience and what keeps them coming back
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- How to best share story ideas with Mariam
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- Feedback on your pitches - don’t forget to share some live :)
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- The stories Mariam has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Mariam Gabaji
Mariam is the editor for utilities at Finder, specialising in energy, internet and mobile - super important cost of living hot topics right now. She has over 10 years of experience across both print and digital, and is also often featured in The Guardian, ABC, Yahoo Finance, Money Magazine and on air such as Weekend Sunrise, 7News and 5CS/5AU radio.
About Finder
Helping everyday Aussies save their money and make better financial decisions since 2006 – Finder has cemented itself as the most visited personal finance comparison website in Australia. As Australia's most-visited financial comparison site, Finder is on a mission to help everyone make better financial decisions. They provide clear and simple comparisons for a wide range of products and services.
Kicking off Insider for the month of August is Are Media🎉
Influencing women since the 1930s, Are Media are now Australia and New Zealand’s leading multi-channel publisher, reaching 9 in every 10 Australian women every day.
Senior Digital Content Producer Rebecca Mitchell, joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 10th August at 1pm to discuss:
- What Are Media covers - and why their audience connects with their content
- How to best share your story ideas with Rebecca
- The stories Rebecca has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca has worked in the media industry for over 12 years. She has previously held the roles of radio host, TV news reporter, an editor, a journalist and a content writer. Rebecca has a BA in Journalism from Charles Sturt University and has completed screenwriting short courses at AFTRS and NIDA.
About Are Media
Are Media is the leading company in Australia for women’s content, driven by their beloved brands and engaged consumers. They create content, experiences and ecommerce opportunities across digital, magazines, social channels, videos, podcasts and events. Their aim is to inform, inspire, influence and enable our audience to connect with the things they are passionate about across beauty, food, fashion, travel, parenting and entertainment.
Come join us this week on Influencing Insider as we chat with Mamamia, one of Australia’s most popular lifestyle outlets with more than five million monthly visitors!
Family Writer, Laura Jackel, sits down with us Thursday 27th July at 1pm to discuss:
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- Mamamia, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
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- How to best share your story ideas with Laura
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- The stories Laura has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Laura Jackel
Laura Jackel is a published writer with creative and professional writing experience for online news sites, newspapers and magazines including regular contributor at Mamamia, 10 Daily, Domain, Selector Magazine and Essential Baby.
About Mamamia
Mamamia is a media company focused on content for women. Starting as a blog in 2007 by former magazine editor Mia Freedman, it now employs 80 editorial staff and publishes more than 21 different podcast shows.
Senior Writer and Journalist for 9Honey, Jo Abi, joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 20th July at 1pm to discuss:
- 9Honey, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share your story ideas with Jo
- The stories Jo has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Jo Abi
Jo Abi is a Senior Writer and Journalist at 9Honey with a special interest in consumer news. Starting as a 'mummy blogger', Jo gained her Master of Creative Writing following the birth of her third child. She began her professional writing career on various digital sites before joining 9Honey in 2017.
About 9Honey
9Honey is the lifestyle arm of nine.com.au, Australia's leading women's lifestyle network and the country's foremost authority on royal news. 9Honey caters to the everyday Australian woman, focusing their articles and video content on subjects that capture hearts and stimulate minds.
Come escape with us this week, as we talk with Australia’s largest independent travel publisher🌏
Signature Media is a forward-thinking, boutique publishing house – home to titles such as Signature Luxury Travel & Style, Vacations & Travel, Holidays with Kids, Caravan & Camping with Kids and Ski & Snowboard with Kids.
CEO & Group Editor, Cathy Wagstaff joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 6th July at 1pm and will discuss:
- Signature Media, travel writing, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share your story ideas with Cathy
- The stories Cathy has found the most interesting to work on in her career.
About Cathy Wagstaff
CEO and Group Editor, Cathy Wagstaff, is the entrepreneur behind all Signature Media titles. Her 35-year career in publishing included roles at ACP, Federal Publishing and Text Media before she started Signature Media in 1996. In 2019, the flagship Holidays with Kids magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary, while the inspirational Signature marked 10 years.
About Signature Media
Signature Media is Australia's leading independent publisher of travel content. The brand’s success was cemented with Holidays with Kids, the first magazine of its kind in the world to address the family market. Since then, the company portfolio has grown to now include a stable of leading travel and lifestyle magazines as well as digital platforms.
Award-winning Australian freelance travel writer, food writer, features writer and editor for Out & About with Kids, Angela Saurine joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 29th June at 1pm and will discuss:
- Out & About With Kids, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share story ideas with Angela
- The stories Angela has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Angela Saurine
Specialising in travel, food, lifestyle and social issues, Angela has written for publications including Escape, Traveller, The Weekend Australian, Good Weekend, Woman’s Day, Explore Travel, delicious., MiNDFOOD, Broadsheet and Country Style. She is also editor of family travel magazine Out & About with Kids and annual Explore Hawai‘i guides.
About Out & About With Kids
Out & About with Kids is a multi-platform publisher specialising in family travel. Their innovative monthly digital magazine features stories about Australian and overseas holiday destinations, hotel reviews, advice, interviews with industry experts and celebrities about their favourite holiday experiences, and the latest travel products families need to know about.
The 2023 Lizzies Best Corporate Content Winner and Managing Editor for Image Matrix, Djuro Sen joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 22nd June at 1pm and will discuss:
- Image Matrix Tech, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share story ideas with Djuro
- The stories Djuro has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Djuro Sen
Djuro is Managing Editor of Image Matrix and a weekly technology contributor and reporter for Sky News Australia and Ausbiz. He started pulling electronic devices apart from the early 70s and that fascination continues today. Djuro was the first Australian network news Technology Editor reporting daily with 7 News.
About Image Matrix
Founded by award winning reviewer Djuro Sen, Image Matrix Tech, uses its own channels and mainstream media to explain the latest technology for consumers, business and research. The aim of this site and channels is to educate consumers on the latest tech trends and products. We want people to enjoy their tech experience, to avoid junk tech and to become a little more tech savvy.
Launched in 2008 by passionate husband-and-wife team Michael and Michelle McHugh, this family business continues to share its MiNDFOOD smart thinking philosophy with readers around the globe.
We’ll be speaking with CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Michael McHugh, on Influencing Insider this Thursday 8th June at 2pm to discuss:
- MiNDFOOD’s story: the history, the audience & content philosophy
- What MiNDFOOD covers and how they connect
- The stories Michael has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Michael McHugh
Michael’s journey with MiNDFOOD started in New Zealand in March 2008. His background in publishing includes founding two award-winning magazines, Delicious and Notebook:, both publications winning the MPA Australian Launch Magazine of the Year, and winning MPA Publisher of the Year in New Zealand.
About MiNDFOOD
MiNDFOOD is built around the core editorial platforms of Community, Culture, Health, Beauty, Style, Décor, Travel, Food and Drink. Readers can access content across a wide range of multimedia platforms: online, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and the monthly magazine.
From business innovation and public policy to investors & research – independent publishing company InnovationAus provides information and insight on the application of new technology to continued national prosperity.
Editor for InnovationAus, Justin Hendry joins us on Influencing Insider this Friday 2nd June at 1pm and will discuss:
- InnovationAus, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share story ideas with Justin
- The stories Justin has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Justin Hendry
Justin is an award-winning journalist who has covered the intersection of technology, business and politics for the last eight years. Prior to joining InnovationAus in August 2022, Justin spent more than five years at iTnews, first as a journalist and then as deputy editor. He has also worked for public sector IT research house Intermedium.
About InnovationAus
InnovationAus.com is an independent publisher of high-quality journalism. Their reporting covers the state and federal policies and programs that help underpin the commercial development of Australia’s tech industry. They focus on the opportunities that align with the Australian Government’s strategic industry priorities.
The 2023 Lizzies Best Technical Journalist Winner and Senior Writer for Information Age, Casey Tonkin joins us on Influencing Insider this Friday 26th May at 1pm and will discuss:
- Information Age, their areas of interest, and what attracts their audience
- How to best share story ideas with Casey
- The stories Casey has found the most interesting to work on in his career.
About Casey Tonkin
A lifelong technophile and science fiction geek, Casey Tonkin joined Information Age in 2019. With interests in AI, space travel, and post-humanism, Casey is always on the hunt for the overlap of science-fact and science-fiction.
About ACS Information Age
Information Age is the flagship news publication of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the peak membership body of tech industry professionals. Information Age delivers authoritative and trusted news on the local and international tech sector, keeping technology professionals informed with the latest developments.
Fresh off his Gold Lizzie win at the 2023 IT Journalism Awards – journalist, broadcaster, and author, Marc Fennell joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 18th of May at 1pm and will discuss:
- His audience and the type of stories he is interested in
- How to share your news content with SBS & ABC
- The best way to reach out to Marc
About Marc Fennell
Marc Fennell is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author. He's known for hosting ABC’s Download This Show, SBS's The Feed and his one-on-one interviews with newsmakers from Al Gore to Tom Cruise to Julian Assange. Marc has reported on the ground from around the world and covered everything from the Hong Kong protests to survivors of torture.
About Download This Show
Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Marc Fennell and a team of people far smarter than him take a fun deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.
Kicking off Insider for the month of May is Lifehacker Australia🎉
Lifehacker covers everything from the latest entertainment events and food trends, to personal finance and cool tech gadgets, all with a healthy dose of fun.
Lifehacker Editor, Stephanie Nuzzo, joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 4th May at 1pm to discuss:
- What Lifehacker covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with Lifehacker
- The best way to reach out to Stephanie
About Stephanie Nuzzo
Stephanie Nuzzo is the Editor of Lifehacker Australia and has been working in the media industry for close to 10 years. Since completing her Bachelor of Media, Steph has written about a broad range of topics, but her passion points include mental health, women's issues, fitness, sex and the confusing beast that is modern dating.
About Lifehacker
Lifehacker Australia is published by Pedestrian Group — Australia’s leading youth-centered publisher, reaching a unique audience of more than 4.39 million Australians a month. They post clever career and finance tips, advice for improving the balance between your work and home life plus guides to making the most out of your gadgets and software. Any aspects of your life that can be improved by “thinking like a programmer”.
Science & Technology Editor for NITV at SBS, Rae Johnston joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 27th April at 1pm and will discuss:
- What NITV covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with NITV
- The best way to reach out to Rae
About Rae Johnston
Rae Johnston is a multi-award-winning journalist focusing on the geekier side of life. The first Science & Technology Editor for NITV at SBS, her work appears across television, radio, and online. Rae is also the producer and host of top-rated podcasts Queens of the Drone Age, STEAM with Rae Johnston, Hear+Beyond, Look At Me and Harmful.
About NITV
National Indigenous Television (NITV) is a channel made by, for and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Through them, you will discover a channel for all Australians. NITV informs, educates and entertains its Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences about the issues that matter the most to Indigenous Australians.
Come escape with us next week, as we talk to Australia’s go-to guide for everything travel related 🌏
Traveller is your daily escape to dream destinations. Be transported to the wild Kimberley Coast of Western Australia or a sun lounge on the Cote d’Azur in France, with a mimosa in hand. Traveller has got you covered for your next vacay!
Traveller’s Content Director, Trudi Jenkins joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 20th April at 2pm and will discuss:
- What Traveller covers - and why their audience stays engaged
- How to share your news content with Traveller
- The best way to reach out to Trudi and her team.
About Trudi Jenkins
Trudi is the Content Director of Travel at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, responsible for the Traveller brand across all platforms. A magazine editor with more than 30 years’ experience in lifestyle media, Trudi is known as the former editor-in-chief of delicious magazine, a position she held for 11 years before resigning to join her digital business full-time.
About Traveller
Traveller is an essential resource for Australians who love to travel, published daily online and every Saturday and Sunday in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age. They are dedicated to providing the best travel advice by offering the perfect mix of inspirational content and comprehensive destination guides with things to do and places to stay.
With rates rising & the housing market uncertain about what it wants to do next, we thought we’d talk to the experts about communicating in this space.
Covering Australian and international property, lifestyle and finance news since 1999, Kanebridge Media’s titles ‘Kanebridge News’ and ‘Kanebridge Quarterly’ have become a go-to digital destination for investment analysis.
Editor in Chief for Kanebridge Media, Robyn Willis, joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 6th April at 2pm to discuss:
- What Kanebridge covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with Kanebridge
- The best way to reach out to Robyn
About Robyn Willis
Robyn has been a journalist for more than 25 years, and has specialised in writing about architecture, building and design. Prior to joining Kanebridge, she was the editor of Home and Real Estate sections of The Daily Telegraph for more than six years.
About Kanebridge Media
Kanebridge News delivers daily independent property, finance and lifestyle news ideal for investors interested in the Australian property and finance market. In addition to their Australian content, Kanebridge News also provides world class international insights, thanks to content from their commercial partnership with Dow Jones.
Rounding off our month of Lifestyle is Australian publishing platform, The Latch 🎉
Since 2020, The Latch has brought new perspectives on the ever-changing topics relating to the way we live. Nothing is off limits, sharing news, informative deep dives, tips and advice across travel, fashion, sustainability, relationships, sex, career, interiors — the list goes on.
Lifestyle Editor for The Latch, Sangeeta Kockarekar, joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 30th March at 2pm to discuss:
- What The Latch covers, their audience and their content objectives
- How to share your news content with The Latch
- The best way to reach out to Sangeeta
About Sangeeta Kockarekar
Lifestyle Editor for The Latch, Sangeeta has over seven years experience working for some of Australia's leading digital and print titles. She previously worked as Commercial Content Editor of Escape and delicious. Born and raised in the United States, Kocharekar settled in Australia after finishing college.
About The Latch
The Latch expands cultural conversations beyond clickbait - giving their readers the tools to have richer conversations and a deeper understanding of the topics they care about. Focusing on curating entertainment, wellness and lifestyle content, The Latch provides relevant and responsive information through breaking news, interesting long-forms and bite-sized pieces you won’t find anywhere else.
There is no other site that does city guides or suburb profiles quite like Sitchu. Combining beautiful photography with tailored content, they tell the story of what it’s like to be a local. Through bespoke editorial features, Sitchu shares inspiring stories and insider tips from some of Australia’s most stylish and influential locals.
We’ll be speaking with Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Holly Perks, this Wednesday 22nd March at 2pm to discuss:
- Sitchu’s story: the history, the audience & content philosophy
- What Sitchu covers and how they connect
- How to share your news content with Sitchu
About Holly Perks
Overseeing the team of creative individuals at Sitchu is Holly Perks, Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder. Since 2016, Holly has managed all content, branding, marketing and strategy for the brand, creating content for young women to stay connected with their favourite suburbs across the country.
About Sitchu
Sitchu is a modern, online lifestyle brand curated to explore Australia’s most sought-after suburbs. Through an interactive map, business directory and wish list, Sitchu helps their readers stay connected with suburbs across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth.
Australia and New Zealand’s leading multi-channel publisher, Are Media has been producing content across lifestyle, entertainment, fashion, beauty and food for over eight decades.
Their Food & Lifestyle division delivers unique content; from the inspirational escapism of Gourmet Traveller; to the practical, fun and fresh approach of Australian Women’s Weekly Food.
Overseeing the team for lifestyle & food at Are Media is Digital Managing Editor, Jayde Malifa. She joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 16th March at 2pm to discuss:
- The digital titles under Are Media - and what their audience connects with
- How to share your news content with Are Media, and how digital differs from print
- The best way to reach out to Jayde
About Jayde Malifa
Jayde Malifa is the Digital Managing Editor at Are Media - creating lifestyle and food content for Now to Love, New Idea, WHO, Gourmet Traveller and Australian Women’s Weekly Food. From health and wellbeing, to beauty and style, she is all about providing readers with the best lifestyle inspiration.
About Are Media
Are Media is the leading company in Australia for women’s content, driven by their beloved brands and engaged consumers. They create content, experiences and ecommerce opportunities across digital, magazines, social channels, videos, podcasts and events. Their aim is to inform, inspire, influence and enable our audience to connect with the things they are passionate about across beauty, food, fashion, travel, parenting and entertainment.
Influencing women since the 1930s, Are Media are now Australia and New Zealand’s leading multi-channel publisher, reaching 9 in every 10 Australian women every day. Iconic brands such as New Idea, Woman’s Day and WHO have helped define the lifestyle genre within the Australian media landscape.
Lifestyle Director for Are Media’s weekly titles, Claire Isaac, joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 9th March at 2pm to discuss:
- What Are Weekly covers - and why their audience connects with their content
- How to share your news content with Are Weekly
- The best way to reach out to Claire
About Claire Isaac
Claire Isaac is the Lifestyle Director at Are Media’s weekly titles - including New Idea, Woman’s Day, WHO, Take 5, That’s Life and TV Week. She comes with a wealth of journalism, editorial and content production experience across both digital platforms and print.
About Are Media
Are Media is the leading company in Australia for women’s content, driven by their beloved brands and engaged consumers. They create content, experiences and ecommerce opportunities across digital, magazines, social channels, videos, podcasts and events. Their aim is to inform, inspire, influence and enable our audience to connect with the things they are passionate about across beauty, food, fashion, travel, parenting and entertainment.
Qantas Magazine gives you access to the best travel features and guides written by experts around the world, as well as business, sport, food, wine, style and more. Their editorial captures a unique, clearly defined audience each and every single day.
Leading the team is Editor in Chief, Kirsten Galliott joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 2nd March at 12pm and will discuss:
- What Qantas Magazine covers - and why their audience stays engaged
- How to share your news content with Qantas Magazine
- The best way to reach out to Kirsten and her team.
About Kirsten Galliott
Kirsten Galliott is currently the Head of Content for Travel & Luxury at Medium Rare Content agency. She is the Editor in Chief at Qantas Magazine and Travel Insider. Prior to her role she was the Editor of InStyle Australia and The (Sydney) Magazine, a liftout of the Sydney Morning Herald.
About Qantas Magazine
Qantas Magazine is the inflight magazine on Qantas international and domestic flights, including QantasLink services to regional Australia. It informs and entertains Qantas passengers with up-to-date information about destinations and a mix of news, people, travel, sport, business, leisure, and arts. Stories reflect the interests and passions of the 2.2 million domestic and international passengers who choose to fly with Qantas each month.
Covering technology in the government, telco and finance sectors with a strong focus on cyber-security news, Australia's technology community relies on iTnews for accurate, up-to-the-minute news, analysis and research.
Experienced Journalist, Kate Weber joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 23rd February at 2pm and will discuss:
- Her audience and the type of stories she is interested in
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch iTnews
About Kate Weber
Kate Weber is a Sydney-based journalist at iTnews. She covers technology in the finance space with an interest in emerging innovations and industry movements. Prior to iTnews, Kate covered the finance and banking sector for AB+F.
About iTnews
iTnews.com.au is a business technology news website targeting IT leaders and decision makers. It is owned by nextmedia and is a part of a stable of technology titles that includes CRN, BIT (Business in Technology) and IoTHub.
Optus is Australia's second largest telco carrier; with a nationwide network serving over ten million subscribers across households and businesses.
Sydney based Director of Corporate Affairs for Optus, Sally Oelerich, will join Insider Business next Friday to discuss:
- Her background & day to day role
- The complexities of media and public engagement within a high profile firm
- The rising importance of crisis communications.
This is a must watch for anyone in the communications sector, or anyone looking to better understand the challenges of corporate communications at the highest level.
Senior writer for SmartCompany and award-winning technology journalist Tegan Jones joins Insider on Wednesday 8th February at 3pm to discuss:
- What SmartCompany covers
- How to share stories with their audience
- The best ways to pitch SmartCompany
About Tegan Jones
Tegan Jones is a Senior technology journalist with SmartCompany and is co-host of top technology podcast “Queens Of The Drone Age.”
Prior to her present role, she was the Editor of Gizmodo Australia and Global reviews editor at Finder. An award-winning journalist, she has been reporting on technology, telecommunications and gaming for the past 10 years, and regularly appears on mainstream media channels as an expert tech commentator. Her previous roles include Reporter and Editor across Business Insider, Lifehacker and Kotaku Australia.
About SmartCompany
SmartCompany is a free news, information and resource site for Australia's entrepreneurs, small and medium business owners and business managers to help keep them ahead of their competition. Contributors include Australia's top entrepreneurs, experts and advisers. Every Monday to Friday, SmartCompany.com.au posts a daily news briefing, a round-up of business trends and ideas from around the world and SmartBlogs from SmartCompany's handpicked network of expert bloggers.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson has 23 years’ experience in the Australian media, writing hard news, lifestyle pieces, feature stories, and premium journalism; and has been a regular commentator on ABC Radio National, 4BC Radio, Download This Show, and The Project.
Fresh off celebrating her 100th article for the Australian Associated Press, Jennifer joins Influencing Insider on Wednesday 1st February at 2pm to discuss:
- What stories Jennifer covers
- The best way to pitch a story
- The kinds of stories she’s fascinated by
About Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson is a Journalist with Australian Associated Press. Prior to her role, she was the National technology editor at News Corp. Jennifer graduated from Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Journalism. After three years from graduating, she won the Country Press Award for Feature Writing and won an internship at ABC Online.
About Australian Associated Press
Australia’s only independent national newswire, AAP has been delivering accurate, reliable and fast news content to the media industry, government and corporate sector for 85 years.
If you're looking for expert advice and tips on the best workouts, cooking a tasty, nutritious meal in 15 minutes, reducing stress levels or updating your wardrobe, Men’s Health is on top of it all!
Australian Men’s Health’s Editor-in-chief, Ben Jhoty joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 17th November at 2pm to discuss:
- What stories Men’s Health covers
- How to share story ideas
- Their audience - and what keeps them coming back!
About Ben Jhoty
Ben Jhoty is the Editor-in-Chief at Men’s Health Australia. Jhoty was recently promoted from Deputy Editor, having started in his twenties and has since worked his way up knowing the brand inside and out. Jhoty also writes fiction, releasing a debut novel in 2020, with a new book, inspired by a Men’s Health feature story, in the works.
About Australian Men’s Health
Men's Health Australia is a health and lifestyle publication, distributed nationally throughout Australia. Its target audience is predominantly men aged between 25 - 44 years of age. The magazine has regular sections in both its print and digital formats that include fitness, sex and women, weight loss, nutrition, health, style and motoring.
Freelance writers are integral to journalism. Offering a different perspective, they usually bring a wealth of experience together with creative freedom. This is especially true of our guest next week Jennifer O’Brien.
Founder of Stories Ink, Jennifer O’Brien joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 1st December at 2pm to discuss:
- What stories Jennifer covers
- How to pitch tech and business stories from her perspective as a freelancer
- The different publications she oversees
About Jennifer O’Brien
Jennifer O’Brien is the founder of Sydney-based Stories Ink. She worked as an editor at IDG communications for nearly a decade, working on ARN, CIO, CMO and Computerworld.
She also had a stint as editor of MediaConnects’ ITJourno and prior to joining ARN, worked on IT publications in her native homeland in Canada.
About Stories Ink
Stories Ink is a content creation and event hosting business that connects through the power of 'storytelling.' The writing house provides expertise – across any sector – in media, strategy, events, publishing, social, custom, and editorial.
Aged Care services have been prominent in the news cycle for the past couple of years.
Informing this challenging sector is Inside Ageing. Looking at facilities management, best practice and more, Inside Ageing serves the professionals that serve our aged care industry.
Inside Ageing’s Publisher, Sean McKeown joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 23rd November at 2pm to discuss:
- What stories Inside Ageing covers
- How to share story ideas
- The people they work with
About Sean McKeown
Sean McKeown is the Publisher and Commercial Director of Inside Ageing. He has started since March 2020 and is based in Fremantle, Western Australia.
About Inside Ageing
Inside Ageing is Australia's leading business-to-business news source for the aged care, home care and disability care sector. They help facility managers and Executives to manage their services in a complex environment through trusted news, information and insights delivered via their website, newsletter and events.
Operating in over 7,000 cities around the world, and easily dominating the US with 59% of food service sales, DoorDash is a key player in the global food delivery industry.
Joining us Friday at 9am to discuss the challenges and opportunities of this fast-paced industry is DoorDash's Director of International Communications, Simran Kodesia. Simran will discuss:
- Challenges in cross-cultural communications
- Keeping messaging fresh while staying on-brand
- Competing in an active market
With emerging tech on the rise like blockchain, industry issues from big social media names and data security, Gizmodo can answer all your burning tech questions!
Gizmodo’s Editor, Asha Barbaschow joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 9th November at 2pm to discuss:
- What Gizmodo’s audience is interested in
- How Gizmodo sources their content
- The best ways to pitch story ideas
About Asha Barbaschow
Asha Barbaschow is the Editor-in-Chief at Gizmodo Australia based in Sydney, Australia. Asha has spent around a decade writing about all things technology, starting her journalism career at a local newspaper. Prior to her role, Barbaschow was with ZDNet for over six years, covering the enterprise tech beats.
About Gizmodo
Gizmodo Australia is one of Australia's most prominent consumer technology news websites, covering consumer tech & gadgets, entertainment, automotive and health/science. It publishes both news and reviews and operates under the catchline 'The news of Tomorrow, Today'.
Influencing Insider is very excited to announce our newest program: 'Insider: Business'.
Starting next Friday 4th November at 11am, we’ll look at the other side of business communications: navigating a complex offering, dealing with different audiences, responding to challenges, interacting with journalists, and of course, crisis communications.
Our very first guest on the show will be Cori Moran, Head of Communications and PR for ANZ for technology giant Cisco.
She will discuss:
- Establishing effective relationships with journalists
- How to keep your messaging fresh
- Crisis communications
CNET’s News editor Daniel Van Boom has been awarded Best technology issues journalist for two years running at the Samsung IT Journalism Awards. He joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 2nd November at 2pm to discuss:
- What CNET covers
- How to share stories with their audience
- The best ways to pitch CNET
About Daniel Van Boom
Daniel Van Boom is the News Editor at CNET based in Sydney, Australia. Daniel Van Boom covers cryptocurrency, NFTs, culture and global issues. He has graduated from the University of Technology Sydney with a Bachelor of communications, majoring in Journalism.
About CNET
CNET Australia is consistently the number one visited technology website in Australia. It is an engaging, relevant and trusted destination for people who are passionate about improving their lifestyle using technology and consumer electronics. It is published by CBS Interactive.
“C-suite executives and company boards are operating in an unprecedented environment of disruption, transformation, and accelerating change”
Nominee for the IT Journalism Awards 2022 is Digital Nation's Lead journalist and Reporter, Velvet-Belle Templeman. She joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 26th October at 2pm to discuss:
- What Digital Nation covers
- How to share stories with their audience
- The best ways to pitch Digital Nation
About Velvet-Belle Templeman
Velvet-Belle Templeman is the Lead journalist and Reporter at Digital Nation Australia. She focuses on digital transformation, leadership and sustainability. Before joining nextmedia to launch Digital Nation Australia in 2021, Velvet-Belle worked as a journalist at Which-50.com and as a content producer at Boardroom.Media. She is a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.
About Digital Nation
Digital Nation Australia delivers a forum for robust discussion and debate about the impact of change and the role of business and government in society. This is the publication for transformational leaders across all the disciplines on the executive team and for those who report to them and advise them.
Digitally Downloaded are a committed bunch of writers, and love games of all kinds. They’re also committed to giving indie developers and publishers a go, because it's the indies that have the most to gain from digital distribution.
Leading the wittiest and passionate crew is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Matt Sainsbury. He joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 19th October at 2pm to discuss:
- What Digitally Downloaded covers
- How to share stories with their audience
- The best ways to pitch Digitally Downloaded
About Matt Sainsbury
Matt Sainsbury is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of gaming website Digitally Downloaded. He worked at IDG channel publication ARN for five and a half years until March 2012. Sainsbury graduated from the University of NSW with a BA (Media and Communications) before working as a freelancer with the Official PS2 Magazine, after which he picked up his current role at ARN in 2007.
About Digitally Downloaded
Digitally Downloaded is a news and reviews site for digitally downloadable games. It was formed after they realised that the way of the future for video games was in digital downloads. They provide the best coverage possible for the games that you download.
Digitally Downloaded covers Steam and other PC download platforms, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Apple and its iPhone and iPad.
Whether it’s muscle cars, fashion, video games or internet culture, or just anything that interests the gentleman, Australia’s leading men’s lifestyle website Man of Many is on top of it all.
Man of Many’s Editor-in-chief, Nick Hall joins Influencing Insider on Wednesday 12 October at 2pm. He will discuss:
- How they organise sponsorships and brand deals
- The site’s most popular stories
- The best way to pitch Nick
About Nick Hall
Nick Hall is the Editor-in-chief editor at Man of Many and has been in the position since March 2020. He was previously a journalist with Octomedia.
About Man of Many
Man of Many showcases a curated selection of the best in Men's Products, Culture, Fashion, Technology and Style. Founded by two friends from Sydney with a shared passion for all things cool, Man of Many was launched in December 2012.
Australia’s first web3-focused news site, The Chainsaw, aims to sort fact from fiction on the impact and applications of the blockchain technology that is reshaping finance, business and culture.
Leading the team is Head of Editorial, Samantha Howard.
She joins us on Influencing Insider next Wednesday 5th October at 2pm and will discuss:
- Her audience and the type of stories she is interested in
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch The Chainsaw
About Samantha Howard
Head of Editorial at The Chainsaw, Samantha joined with more than 12 years of experience across editorial and marketing.
Prior to joining Pedestrian Group, Howard worked across the EU and US helping grow the brands of some of the industry’s most impactful Web3 figures/companies. She has previously worked in various editorial roles including as a features editor, branded content writer, editor and columnist for the likes of World Vision, VICE Media Group and YAP Global.
About The Chainsaw
The Chainsaw is Australia’s first dedicated home of all things Web3 and blockchain. Committed to unwavering journalistic integrity, the Chainsaw strives to uncover the stories of the people and companies behind the biggest and newest blockchain movements, approaching the sector with an unbiased and critical point of view.
After a 3 year hiatus, it is with great excitement that the neo-luxury lifestyle outlet Winning Magazine is making a comeback to our shelves!
The Editor of Winning Magazine, Katarina Kroslakova joins us Thursday 29th September at 2pm. She will discuss:
- What areas Winning will cover
- How to get in touch
- What kinds of stories Katarina is most interested in.
About Katarina Kroslakova
Katarina is the current editor of Winning Magazine. She was the editor of The Australian Financial Review's Life & Leisure lifestyle supplement, a role she assumed in 2010 having contributed on a freelance basis to the publication prior to that. Katarina writes about food and wine, fashion, retail, jewellery, beauty and grooming, design, architecture, property, motoring, sport, the arts, philanthropy, travel and health. She was formerly the editor of the ABC's Limelight Magazine, reviewed classical musical and opera for the Sun Herald, launched Fine Music Magazine for 2MBS and was the executive producer and entertainer reporter for Macquarie Radio Network. She has also worked as a BBC producer in London.
About Winning Magazine
The brainchild of entrepreneur John Winning, Winning Magazine celebrates all aspects of inspired living. The premium luxury lifestyle publication is a quarterly, 160-page print tome targeting women and men with an appreciation of quality lifestyle and design, in and out of the home. Driven by John Winning’s pioneering spirit and passion to create memorable experiences, Winning magazine covers news and features centered around the home, food, wine, travel, fashion, motoring, technology, health and wellness, and much more.
Managing money and getting the most out of it is hard enough at the best of times, and in 2022? Forget about it! Thankfully though, we’ve got you covered next week
Wealth and personal finance reporter, Lucy Dean joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 14th September at 3pm to discuss:
- The type of stories she is interested in
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch the AFR
About Lucy Dean
Lucy Dean is a Wealth reporter at The Australian Financial Review where she writes about wealth management and personal finance, based in the Sydney newsroom. Prior to her role, she was a Senior Journalist at Yahoo Finance where she covered property, women’s wealth, personal finance and more.
About The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review is Australia's only national financial newspaper, and as such is considered one of the country's leading authorities on business, finance and political news. Every day, The Australian Financial Review uses its vast international resources to bring readers the latest in world news and global business trends.
“We all want to lift the global security posture, and we’re actually doing things to make that happen”
KBI.Media’s Head of Security Journalism, Karissa Breen joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 7th September at 2pm to discuss:
- The type of stories she is interested in
- How to pitch story ideas
- How to engage with their streaming and podcasts
About Karissa Breen
Karissa Breen is the Head of Security Journalism at KBI.Media. She sets the benchmark for their writers and creates security content that resonates with an executive audience at the intersection of business and technical operations.
About KBI.Media
KBI.Media is the leading hub for cybersecurity news and updates. Between the content produced in-house; their new streaming show, 2Factors, deep-dive articles, as well as their flagship podcast, KBKast - plus the articles and podcasts from our clients and partners, they have the security industry covered.
With a keen interest in sustainability and 20 years of experience in communications, Ilona Marchetta helps simplify the key components & issues around sustainability.
Sustainability Editor, Ilona Marchetta joins Influencing Insider this Wednesday 31st August at 1:45pm to discuss:
- The type of stories she is interested in
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch the outlets
About Ilona Marchetta
Ilona Marchetta is a Sustainability editor at The Carousel and at her new site, In a Sustainable Way. Prior to that, she was a print journalist and left the media industry in 2009, just as it was being disrupted by digital. She has also been contracted to different government agencies and large corporations, bringing her skills in digital media to roles in corporate communications.
About The Carousel
The Carousel is a women's lifestyle site with expert news and advice across fashion, beauty, health, food, home, parenting, and sustainability. Dedicated to inspiring you to lead your best life emotionally, physically, and sustainably.
About In A Sustainable Way
A new site launched by Ilona Marchetta, In A Sustainable Way covers looks at how to live your best life in a sustainable way. She explores Australia’s conversations about sustainability locally and internationally, and looks at ways to be more mindful of our consumption, so we can engage more fully in our lives.
“GamesHub aims to promote the talents of Australian writers, and foster new voices and perspectives”
Managing Editor, Edmond Tran joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 25th August at 2pm to discuss:
- What GamesHub covers
- How to pitch stories to GamesHub
- The best time to pitch GamesHub
About Edmond Tran
Edmond Tran is the Managing Editor of GamesHub. Prior to his role, Tran worked as the Editor & Senior Video Producer for GameSpot AU. He joined CBS Interactive in 2008 while writing a thesis on video game theory at UNSW, and began working as a full-time videographer upon its completion. His intimate knowledge of the video game medium led to Edmond's rapidly increasing involvement with GameSpot AU until he was naturally absorbed into the team. Video games have been an integral part of Edmond's life.
About GamesHub
GamesHub is a video game news, reviews, and features site dedicated to creating approachable games coverage for everyone. With a focus on recognising games as creative works first and foremost, and a commitment to comprehensive coverage of the Australian industry, GamesHub wants to expand how people think about and appreciate games from all over the world.
The latest tech news, reviews and trending information for women is delivered by Women Love Tech. Its mission is to create the next generation of women in tech by upskilling them and encouraging them to work in the industry. Writing for the publication is journalist and digital content producer Pamela Connellan.
She joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 18th August at 11am to discuss:
- Writing for Women Love Tech
- What areas Women Love Tech cover
- The best way to pitch to Women Love Tech
About Pamela Connellan
Pamela Connellan has written for Women Love Tech for over three years covering general news stories, reviews, video reports and stories about women in the technology sector. She also works as a digital content manager and marketer implementing Facebook ad campaigns and building audiences for social media.
About Women Love Tech
Women Love Tech is a website that gives women everything they need when it comes to the latest tech news, best apps and podcasts, product reviews, cool gadgets or what’s streaming.
It has been a finalist at the Australian IT Journalism Awards on multiple occasions.
Freelancer Rosalyn Page has amassed an exceptional portfolio of technology and innovation coverage across a wide range of outlets for nearly 20 years.
Rosalyn joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 11 August at 2pm to discuss:
- The different publications she oversees
- How to pitch tech stories from her perspective as a freelancer
- The best ways to pitch outlets like CIO, CSO and CMO
About Rosalyn Page
Rosalyn Page is a freelance journalist, content writer and strategist. Rosalyn’s work has been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, CHOICE, Which?, HomeWork, CMO, The South China Morning Post, Qantas and Jetstar’s inflight magazines, Australian Gourmet Traveller and many other publications.
About CIO, CSO and CMO
CIO is an online publication for insight and expertise into business, strategy, innovation and leadership through the eyes of CIO’s and business technology executives.CIO readers gain key insights on career development for themselves and their employees, including certifications, hiring practices, and skills development, along with a strong foundation in digital transformation of their businesses.
CSO is an online resource for the newest C-level executive making their way into the executive suite, the Chief Security Officer (CSO). CSOs form an organisation's security policy, implement it and enforce it. These are the executives who are charged with protecting their organisation's tangible and intangible assets, and are faced with the growing challenge of balancing the correct levels of risk versus business opportunity.
CMO is a quarterly digital magazine dedicated to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) professionals. It addresses the unique leadership and management challenges chief marketers face as they look to align their own practices and insights with those of the business.
The Australian’s Senior Technology Journalist, Chris Griffith joins Influencing Insider next Wednesday 3rd August at 2pm.
Drawing on five decades of experience exploring business and technology, Chris will talk about:
- The type of stories he is interested in
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch The Australian
About Chris Griffith
Chris Griffith is a Senior Technology Journalist with The Australian newspaper.
Before working at Australian IT, he was media development editor at The Australian and in 2009 helped build The Australian's website.
Before that he was deputy news editor online at The Australian, responsible for production of online political news during the 2007 federal election, and previously online reporter at The Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane, 1999-2007.
Chris has worked in TV and radio however most of his career has been in newspapers, as a columnist with The Sun-Herald in Brisbane in the early 1990s, and then as a reporter with five year stints at both The Sunday Mail and The Courier-Mail before helping pioneer the paper's coverage on the internet.
He was researcher at The 7.30 Report, Brisbane in 1993; researcher at 4BH 882 in 1994, and in 1995 founding editor of the indigenous newspaper Land Rights Queensland.
Chris also has a computer programming background which includes mainframe coding and teaching computer programming in the 1970s and running a small business developing commercial PC packages in Queensland in the 1980s.
About The Australian
The Australian Technology, the country's leading newspaper information technology section delivers high quality technology news, features, opinion and product reviews that have made the section a must read for anyone in the IT game.
Women’s Weekly’s Deputy Editor, Tiffany Dunk joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 28th July at 1pm to talk about:
- What The Australian Women’s Weekly covers
- How to pitch stories
- The best time to pitch The Australian Women’s Weekly
About Tiffany Dunk
Tiffany Dunk is the Deputy Editor at The Australian Women’s Weekly since 2018, having worked at CLEO, NW magazine as Entertainment Editor, Deputy Editor of TV Week, and Editor of DOLLY in 2009; The Herald Sun, The Sunday Mail and The Sunday Telegraph.
About The Australian Women’s Weekly
The Australian Women’s Weekly is the country’s most loved and iconic magazine, shaping the lives of Australian women for over 80 years and earning a special place in the heart of the nation. Combining agenda setting news stories with in-depth celebrity and real-life features, unparalleled royal coverage and a legendary lifestyle and food offering, integrity and quality are the heart of all The Weekly does and is the key to its enduring success.
With more than 25 years in the industry, Freelance journalist Brad Howarth worked across a dozen publications in technology, marketing and general business, including some big names: AFR Boss, Sydney Morning Herald, InTheBlack, and CIO Australia, to name a few.
CMO & ITNews Freelancer Brad Howarth joins Influencing Insider this Wednesday 20th July at 1pm to talk about:
- The different publications he oversees
- How to pitch tech stories from his perspective as a freelancer
- The best ways to pitch outlets like CMO & ITNews
About Brad Howarth
Brad Howarth is a freelance journalist, writer, author and speaker. He writes across technology, business, marketing and social issues, with a background in technology journalism. He started his career during the mid-nineties at IT publishing house IDG, working on titles including ARN, CIO Australia, and Computerworld Australia. He moved to The Australian in 1997 where he worked on the IT section for two years, then moved on to BRW as IT Editor, and then Marketing editor.
About CMO & ITNews
CMO is a quarterly digital magazine dedicated to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) professionals. It addresses the unique leadership and management challenges chief marketers face as they look to align their own practices and insights with those of the business.
iTnews.com.au is a business technology news website targeting IT leaders and decision makers It is owned by nextmedia and is a part of a stable of technology titles that includes CRN, BIT (Business in Technology) and IoTHub.
When they're not hosting public events in random locations the Secret Foodies team are working together to create unique, experiential events with like-minded brands and organisations. If you want a local guide to Sydney & Melbourne’s best places to eat, drink and play, Eat Drink Play is the way to go.
Eat Drink Play & Secret Foodies Founder Alex Adams joins Influencing Insider next Thursday 14th July at 2pm to talk about:
- How she started the titles
- What Eat Drink Play & Secret Foodies covers
- How to share stories
About Alex Adams
Alex has written for a number of publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, AskMen.com and TimeOut Sydney. She’s been a food and drinks commentator for various radio stations as well as Channel 10 news, and is the founder and editor of Eat Drink Play and Secret Foodies.
About Eat Drink Play & Secret Foodies
Secret Foodies is Sydney's surprise dining experience. Launched in early 2010 as a way of bringing foodies together through a unique culinary adventure, Secret Foodies has quickly become the best-kept secret in town. Meeting at surprise venues across Sydney guests purchase a ticket unaware of where they're going or whom they'll meet until 2 hours before the event.
Eat Drink Play brings you a locals guide to the best things happening in your city. Published as a newsletter, it’s your essential guide to the best places to eat, drink and play in Sydney and Melbourne.
Profiling Australia’s finest minds and STEM contributors, the Brilliant explores the pathways that advances in Science, Tech, Engineering and Maths must navigate to gain attention and resonance in our culture.
Publisher and Founder Kylie Ahern joins us on Influencing Insider on Wednesday 6th June at 2pm AEST to discuss:
- What The Brilliant covers
- How to pitch stories to The Brilliant
About Kylie Ahern
Kylie is an award-winning publisher and entrepreneur with experience that spans media, telecommunications, science and education.
About The Brilliant
Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent globally every year on STEM research but only a fraction translates into wide attention from the public, governments, industry, the media and philanthropy.
But some researchers, entrepreneurs, leaders and communicators who have succeeded brilliantly at creating a large audience for their research and innovations, often leading to greater access to funding.
Who are they? How did they do it? Can their success be replicated?
The Brilliant exists to answer those questions.
“Investing should be for everyone and my dream is to make that a reality . . . I love sharing that passion through digital storytelling. “
Finder’s Senior Investments editor Kylie Purcell joins us live from New York on Influencing Insider on Thursday 30 June at 11am AEST to discuss:
- What Finder covers
- How to pitch stories to Finder
- The best time to pitch Finder
About Kylie Purcell
Kylie Purcell has a background in business and finance news, with previous roles at SBS, Your Money, TVNZ, Switzer Group and The Adviser magazine. Kylie has a Masters in International Journalism and a Graduate Diploma in Economics. When she's not writing about the markets you can find her bingeing on coffee.
About Finder
Finder is an award-winning comparison website operating sites in 83 countries.
With over 400 employees and 9.7 million visitors a month worldwide, their vision is to become the world’s go-to destination for comparing – helping people to find better. Finder is privately owned and self-funded, starting out in Australia in 2006. It is now the most visited personal finance comparison website in Australia.
Freelancer Alice Clarke has built a strong reputation delivering great coverage of tech and games to mainstream outlets over the past decade.
Alice joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 23 June at 2pm to discuss:
- The different publications she oversees
- How to pitch consumer tech and lifestyle stories from her perspective as a freelancer
- The best ways to pitch outlets like The Herald Sun & SMH
About Alice Clarke
Alice Clarke is Freelance Journalist, Producer and Presenter at The Herald Sun and The Sydney Morning Herald. Alice has covered TV for the Sunday Herald Sun TV Guide and The Age Green Guide; music for Cherrie Magazine, and has had an opinion column in the Herald Sun on Mondays for over five years. Alice also co-curates the PAX Aus Diversity Lounge and occasionally pops up on New Game Plus.
About The Herald Sun and Sydney Morning Herald
The Herald Sun is one of the major daily metropolitan papers in Victoria. Coverage includes local, national and global news, sport, opinion, weather, community news and events, lifestyle and entertainment, classifieds, real estate and employment.
Serving Sydney daily since 1840, the Sydney Morning Herald is published by Fairfax Media. The paper features a wide number of weekly and daily sections, attractively designed and targeted at contemporary audiences.
Rolling Stone Australia has been revived with Jake Challenor taking the helm alongside a raft of other magazine titles under The Brag Media.
Brag Media has recently been on a tear, acquiring and relaunching a number of well known magazine titles in Australia including Rolling Stone and Variety.
Joining Influencing Insider on Wednesday 15 June at 2pm is The Brag Media’s Jake Challenor to discuss:
- The different publications he oversees
- The best way to work with him and the team
- What The Brag is up to
About Jake Challenor
Jake is Executive Editor at The Brag Media, handling B2B and Print titles. As part of that role he is also Executive Editor of Variety Australia and the Print Editor of Rolling Stone Australia.
About The Brag Media
The Brag Media is more than a publishing house. It produces events such as the Rolling Stone Awards, has an agency arm and connects brands with artists.
Australian Traveller is one of the fastest growing magazines in the country. Coming off an already strong readership, they now boast 168,000 regular readers with each edition - up 57% year on year in Roy Morgan's latest survey.
Helping drive this phenomenal growth is Digital Editor-in-Chief, Katie Carlin.
News.com.au publishes news stories & multimedia, drawing on content created by a team of journalists as well as journalism from Murdoch's Australian newspaper outlets.
Joining us on Influencing Insider next Wednesday 1 June at 2pm is News.com.au's Sections Editor, Kerry Warren. We’ll look at:
- All the sections Kerry covers
- How to pitch stories to News.com.au
- The best time to pitch News.com.au
About Kerry Warren
Kerry Warren is the Sections Editor at News.com.au. Kerry has worked as both a Commissioning editor and News editor at news.com.au and is now responsible for the Entertainment, Lifestyle, Finance, Travel and Technology sections of the site.
About News.com.au
News.com.au delivers the news in colour spanning entertainment, travel, lifestyle, sport, business, technology, money and real estate.
“With incredible places, events and news at your fingertips, think of Concrete Playground as a personal concierge for your social life”
Leading the team is Editorial director Suz Tucker, who joins Influencing Insider on Thursday 26 May at 2pm. We’ll look at:
- What Concrete Playground covers
- How to pitch stories to Concrete Playground
- The best time to pitch Concrete Playground
About Suz Tucker
Suz Tucker is the Editorial director at Concrete Playground. Prior to that, she came in from We Are Social, where she led various editorial content and strategy initiatives for a number of leading brands. She was also key in the development of Pedestrian.TV’s direction as managing editor.
About Concrete Playground
Concrete Playground is an online weather vane pointing you to the cultural tornadoes that are just about to hit. We handpick the most inspiring cultural events, news and places so that you can fill your days and nights with them. Updated daily, it is the work of a collective of writers and social secretaries who have a constant ear to the under and above (but never middle) ground of the creative worlds in Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland.
From Climate change to Covid boosters; from the future of plastics to the future of the SpaceX program, CNET's science division takes a detailed look at cutting edge science.
Science editor Jackson Ryan joins Influencing Insider on Wednesday 18th May at 2pm to discuss:
- What CNET covers
- How to pitch stories to CNET
- The best time to pitch CNET
About Jackson Ryan
Jackson Ryan is the Science editor of CNET. Much of his recent reporting has explored new vaccine technologies, dispelling myths about safety, addressing fear mongering about virus variants and explaining how science will see us through to a "new normal" post-pandemic. In addition to his work on the coronavirus pandemic, Jackson’s long-form story Journey to the Dragon Palace - which follows the Japanese Space Agency’s mission to return ancient asteroid samples to Earth - has been recognised among this year’s top science journalism entries.
About CNET
CNET Australia is consistently number one visited technology website in Australia. It is an engaging, relevant and trusted destination for people who are passionate about improving their lifestyle using technology and consumer electronics. It is published by CBS Interactive.
Communications Day is at the forefront of Australian and New Zealand telecom industry news and commentary.
Leading the team is publisher Grahame Lynch who joins Influencing Insider on Wednesday 11 May at 2pm to discuss:
- What CommsDay covers
- How to pitch stories to CommsDay
- The best time to pitch CommsDay
About Grahame Lynch
Grahame Lynch is the owner and founder of Decisive Publishing which owns CommunicationsDay. Prior to that he was a contributor to major Australian newspapers and was an on air presenter for Telecom TV.
About CommsDay
CommsDay was founded in 1994 and is a daily newsletter covering the Australian and New Zealand telecom industry. It has a daily readership of 9,000 who are sent the newsletter in a PDF format via email. It also hosts a number of industry summits and events.
Pedestrian Group has grown to incorporate some of Australia’s most well-known technology outlets alongside Pedestrian.TV.
Keeping an eye on the editorial teams across Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Kotaku is Head of Editorial, Melissa Matheson who joins Influencing Insider on Wednesday 4 May at 2pm to discuss:
- How she works with such a wide team of journalists
- The stories she is most interested in
- How PR professionals can work with her
About Melissa Matheson
Melissa is the Head of Editorial for Pedestrian Group, having joined in the middle of 2020. Prior to that she was managing editor of youth news platform GOAT at Nova and spent time with ARN, SBS and close to a decade at News Corp.
About Pedestrian Group
Pedestrian Group is one of Australia’s most popular youth media organisations and is owned by Nine Entertainment. Pedestrian holds Pedestrian.TV, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Vice and Refinery29 under its banner.
Techday covers all aspects of the tech industry across the APAC region, and tying all the teams together is publisher Sean Mitchell.
Australia’s technology and property industries are two of the busiest to cover. Putting his shoulder to the wheel is The Australian’s Joseph Lam.
Joseph joined The Australian in 2019 having worked as a freelancer across publications in Australia, Hong Kong and Thailand. He covers property and technology for the national newspaper.
The latest tech news, reviews and trending information for women is delivered by Women Love Tech. At the helm is editor, publisher and owner Robyn Foyster.
Top up your wanderlust tank with Escape as it brings you the travel news, destination features, celebrity covers and personality columns.
Money Magazine is out there breaking down everything people need to know when it comes to finances. From property, to budgeting, to investing and everything in between, Money Magazine has it covered.
Money, home loans, finances are always important topics of discussion, but with a federal budget and election around the corner those stories will be leading news bulletins around the country.
CNET's promise is to cover all parts of 'modern life' that matter - from health, home and money to tech, culture and climate - and how to get the most out of them.
The Mandarin is unique in the way it works with public relations and marketing professionals, adopting an editorial model that is different to most other media outlets.
Covering all things consumer technology is ausdroid editor Phil Tann. If a device or service isn’t Apple, then you can bet it’ll be on ausdroid.
Digital managing editor of Elle and marie claire, Alex Bruce-Smith joined Influencing Insider to discuss what she covers across the fashion industry.
It’s earnings season with a federal election on the horizon which means the business pages are busy.
Breakfast radio is a busy industry with plenty of news and interviews to organise. Helping to make sure the Hughesy, Ed and Erin show is across everything is producer Alexandra Carlon.
Lawson has recently announced the launch of a new podcast and website called The Defrag which looks at news with a global lens, producing in-depth coverage of trending stories.
Fresh off taking out the Golden Lizzie at the 2021 IT Journalism Awards, David Braue joins Influencing Insider for the first episode of 2022.
Your campaign is taking off or maybe you’ve won a new client, Chris Pash and his team at AdNews handle all the news concerning advertising, media, marketing and technology industries.
So, you’ve been handed your company’s PR reins, want to share your news in Australia, but you don’t really know where to start? This episode is for you then!
From understanding the Australian media landscape to learning what to actually include in your press releases, we'll cover it all.
Giving us an insight into what will be trending over Christmas and New Years is the managing editor of Traveller.com.au, Craig Platt.
Kidspot is Australia’s top parenting and childhood news site, and leading the team is news editor Leesa Smith.
Influencing Insider is here to give you the basics with Louise Roberts, Managing Director of Sphere Public Relations, and Mike Woodcock, Chief Commercial Officer of MediaConnect.
With an extensive record at Nine including launching women’s lifestyle site 9honey, Kerri Elstub is one of the most experienced journalists and media professionals in the industry.
As technology becomes ever more important and businesses look to digitise, keeping an eye on it all is Group Managing Editor of nextmedia Andrew Birmingham who looks at the B2B side of things.
The relationship between journalists and public relations professionals is often mutually beneficial, but just how does it work?
For the first time on Influencing Insider we will be welcoming Watterson Marketing Communications director Oisin O’Callaghan alongside The Australian technology editor David Swan.
For full episode, visit influencing.com/insider
With the world of travel preparing to re-open, who better to talk about what that means for travel writing than contributor to the Lonely Planet, BBC, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Emily McAuliffe?
Online finance and business broadcaster ausbiz TV focuses on the stock market, financial trends and movements in the business world.
The Breeze is Aotearoa’s number one music radio station and leading the way is breakfast show Robert & Jeanette.
Running everything behind the scenes for that show is executive producer Braydon Priest.
Discussing the changes we’ve seen in the last two years and what’s to come in 2022 are Clare Stephens from Mamamia, Julia Naughton from The Sydney Morning Herald and Gabriella del Grande from Are Media.
CNET is one of the world’s most visited technology sites in the world with its Australian team being headed up by the multi-award winning Mark Serrels.
Product reviews, tech news, iPhone launches, Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson covers it all as technology editor for NewsCorp.
The finance industry is moving very quickly these days and keeping on top of it is Channel Seven’s finance editor Gemma Acton.
Channel Seven is one of Australia’s largest free-to-air channels and the most watched 6pm news show.
Newsroom is one of New Zealand’s largest independently owned news sites, and sharing the editor’s chair is co-editor Mark Jennings.
Whether it’s muscle cars, watches, video games or internet culture, Man of Many is on top of it all.
Nick Hall is the digital editor at Man of Many and has been in the position since March 2020. He was previously a journalist with Octomedia.
Bruce is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Travel Daily. He bought the publication in 2004 from founder Mike Heard and now heads a small editorial team.
Alex Kidman has been in the industry for over two decades and knows what he's looking for when it comes to product reviews and pitches.
Denham Sadler is InnovationAus' new National Affairs Reporter and will be spending more time covering government policy impacting the technology sector.
Thrillist opened in Australia in January 2021 and is quickly becoming a go-to for information on food and travel Down Under.
Jessica Sier has rejoined The Australian Financial Review and is covering technology and internet culture. Listen to find out how she works with PR professionals.