Jill Leonie Singer (1957 – 8 June 2017) was an Australian journalist, writer and television presenter.

Career

Singer began her career in journalism as an

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radio trainee in 1984. She eventually became a senior reporter for '' The 7.30 Report'' on the ABC and later presented the

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edition of ''

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'' on the

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. She presented ''The 7.30 Report'', ''The Arts Show'', ''2-shot'' and ''People Dimensions'' (ABC TV). She was the executive producer of ABC TV's national morning news and current affairs program'' First Edition''. She wrote a weekly column for

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's ''

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'' newspaper between 1997 and 2012, and lectured in television journalism at

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in Melbourne. She made regular appearances on ''The Conversation Hour'' ( ABC 774) and on

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's ''Melbourne Report''. In 2005 she published a book about commercial surrogacy, ''Immaculate Conceptions : Thoughts on babies, breeding and boundaries''.

Awards

In 1992, Singer won the

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for Best Investigative Television Journalist for ''

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'', a story on the death of an infant with severe abnormalities. In 1997, Singer was highly commended at the

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for her ''Herald Sun'' column. In 1999, Singer won the Quill Award for Best Television Current Affairs report for an investigation into

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. In 2010, Singer and Lisa Whitehead won the Quill Award for Best Television Current Affairs (less than 15 minutes) for a report on flaws in the criminal justice system's treatment of domestic violence victims.

Personal life and death

In February 2017, Singer was diagnosed with terminal

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. On 8 June 2017, a post by her family on Singer's Facebook page announced that she had died at the age of 60 in Melbourne, Victoria. She had married two months earlier on 8 April 2017, and had a daughter from her first marriage.

References

External links

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Brief ABC Art Show biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singer, Jill 1957 births 2017 deaths Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters Australian women journalists Journalists from Melbourne Academic staff of RMIT University Date of birth missing Deaths from amyloidosis