Tracey Challenor is an Australian journalist and media consultant and former news presenter/reporter for ''

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'' in

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from November 1991 until February 2007.

Career

Challenor began her

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career in 1989 as a cadet reporter with '' The Redland Times'' and ''

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'' newspapers. She studied part-time at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, majoring in journalism and Australian government. In 1991, she landed a job as a reporter with ''

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'' and travelled the State covering numerous rounds including the environment, police, politics, medical news and education. In 1996, Challenor was appointed solo weekend news presenter for ''

'', and for many years, combined the presenting role with her weekday reporting role. Challenor held the weekend news position for 12 years and the bulletin consistently ranked in the top 10 most watched programs in Queensland. In November 2006, it was announced that the Nine Network's ''

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'' news presenter

Sharyn Ghidella Sharyn Ghidella is an Australian journalist and news presenter. Ghidella currently presents '' Seven News Brisbane'' with Max Futcher from Monday to Friday.

would replace Challenor as the weekend newsreader of the 6pm news in Brisbane. Challenor was then offered the job of Senior Reporter by the Network, but declined the offer and resigned from the Network. She finished with Seven in February 2007. She is currently the PR and media manager for children's health promotion charity Life Education Queensland and presents th
Life Education Podcast
for parents which provides advice from experts on a range of key topics.

References

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