Jennifer Goodwin (born )
is a New Zealand
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
,
television newsreader and
continuity announcer
In broadcasting, continuity or presentation (or station break in the U.S. and Canada) is announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. It typically includes programme schedules, announcement of the ...
. On Monday 30 June 1975 she became a news presenter on the newly launched
TV-2, making her New Zealand's first female television newsreader,
and the first woman within the
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...
to present a prime time news programme.
Prior to her work at TV-2, Goodwin worked in radio before moving into television in the 1960s, where she initially worked as a continuity announcer.
In 2009 she was one of several former
TVNZ presenters to return to the station to celebrate 40 years of television network news in New Zealand.
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See also
* List of New Zealand television personalities
This is a list of New Zealand television personalities, including presenters and journalists. It includes those who left the profession, retired, or died.
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* Suzy Aiken – television personality and Prime News presenter
* Peter Arnett – te ...
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
1940s births
New Zealand television newsreaders and news presenters
Living people
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