Whitney Fitzsimmons is an Australian journalist.

Career

Fitzsimmons has been a TV presenter for over eight years at the ABC ustralian Broadcasting Corporation She is currently the host of ''Business Today'', which is broadcast on ABC1, ABC News 24 and Australia Network he ABC's international TV network she has been with the program since it began in August 2006. During Fitzsimmons' ten years with the ABC she has held many positions ranging from senior producer of '' Lateline'', anchor of ''Lateline Business, The World, Afternoon Live, The Drum, The Midday Report - summer edition'', the current affairs program ''AustraliaWide'' and finance presenter on the '' Midday Report'' alongside

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, and reported nationally on ''

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'' on general news and business stories. Previously Fitzsimmons was a news presenter for

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and anchored major world events such as the

7 July 2005 London bombings The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the mo ...

, the devastation of

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...

, the Palestinian elections and the end of Israeli Prime Minister,

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's political career. In 2009 she was awarded a Jefferson Fellowship from the East West Centre in Honolulu, to study the impact of the financial crisis on Asia. She is also the recipient of a 2008 fellowship from the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre. Fitzsimmons holds a Master in Arts: Journalism from the University Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts: Theatre and Performance from the University of Western Sydney - Nepean.

References

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