Jennifer Hansen is an Australian journalist and former

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's ''

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'' in

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. Alongside Mal Walden, the pair made history as the longest serving duo presenting news in Australia. Jennifer has co-hosted the breakfast radio show on radio station

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91.5 with Mike Perso.

Early life and education

Hansen was born in

Orbost Orbost is a historic early settlers town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, east of Melbourne and south of Canberra where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about from the surf and fishing seaside t ...

and raised in suburban Melbourne; the psychologist

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was her stepmother and she had seven siblings and half-siblings, including a sister who died in infancy. She attended Firbank Girls' Grammar School and graduated from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

with an Arts degree in English literature and criminology, and later studied professional writing and editing at

RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...

Career

While a student in the late 1980s, Hansen worked as a reporter at two newspapers, ''The Southern Cross'' and the ''

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'', and joined Network 10, where in 1995 she became a news presenter on ''Ten News''. She co-hosted the Melbourne evening news broadcast with

Mal Walden Mal Walden is a former English-born Australian retired journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne. On his retirement, he was reported to be the longest continually serving face on Australian television with a media career spann ...

until leaving the network in January 2006. In 2007, she was falsely rumoured to have been killed in an on-set accident during the production of the film ''

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'', in which she had a small role. Hansen subsequently worked as a news presenter for the

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during the

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, and wrote for the ''

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''. In March 2014, Hansen joined Mike Perso as a newsreader and co-host of ''The More Music Breakfast Show'' on

91.5, In December 2022, Jennifer announced her resignation from

91.5 after nine years with the station. In 2019, Hansen became ambassador for Hope Street Youth and Family Services in Melton.

Writing

Hansen's first novel, ''Making Headlines'', was published in 2016.

Personal life

Hansen is married to actor Alan Fletcher; they have a son and a daughter.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Jennifer Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian journalists Australian women journalists University of Melbourne alumni RMIT University alumni 20th-century Australian journalists Television personalities from Melbourne Journalists from Melbourne People educated at Firbank Girls' Grammar School