Alison Ariotti (nee Fletcher, born 1980) is an Australian journalist and news presenter.

Career

Ariotti's media career began at NBN in Northern New South Wales where she worked casually as a reporter. In 2000, she was appointed to ''

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'' as a reporter in Cairns and later moved to ''WIN News'' on the Sunshine Coast. Ariotti later moved back to Cairns and was appointed as chief of staff for WIN television. In October 2004, Ariotti joined the

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and was appointed a reporter and producer on ''

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''. She then moved to Brisbane in 2007 became a reporter and producer on ''

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''. In 2009, Ariotti was appointed Queensland reporter on ''

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''. She was replaced by Aislin Kriukelis in May 2013. In January 2014, Ariotti moved to Sydney and filled in for

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on ''

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'' whilst she was on maternity leave. In September 2014, Ariotti returned to Brisbane and was appointed co-weekend presenter for ''

'' replacing

Eva Milic Eva Milic (born 27 June 1978) is an Australian journalist who represented Australia at Miss World 2001. Milic is currently the presenter of '' Nine Gold Coast News''. Career Milic completed a Bachelor of Business degree in 2001 after graduatin ...

. She also presents the Friday edition of ''Nine Live Queensland''. As of 2018, Ariotti presents ''Nine's Afternoon News Queensland'' Wednesday-Friday.

Personal life

Ariotti was educated at Kingscliff High School and later graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) degree in 2000. In July 2011, she married anaesthetist Gerry Ariotti in Kingscliff. They have two daughters, and a son.

References

External links

''Nine News''
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