Jo Hall (born 25 June 1958) is a former Australian retired television presenter. Hall is a feature story reporter for ''

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''.

Career

Hall began her career with a

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newspaper cadetship, then joined ''

'' in 1979. In 1990 she became the first woman to be presented with the Thorn Award, a national award for journalism. She presented ''

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'' on weekends for 13 years and has filled in for

Peter Hitchener Peter Donald Beauchamp Hitchener (born 21 February 1946) is an Australian television presenter with a 50-year career with the Nine Network and 58 years of news broadcasting experience. Hitchener is currently weekend presenter of ''Nine News Me ...

. Hall also presented national ''Nine News'' late news update on weekends. She also works with the

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on McHappy Day and is a patron of Bonnie Babes, a research organisation. In November 2011, it was announced that Hall wanted to scale back her role, with Alicia Loxley replacing her as weekend news presenter. In November 2016, it was announced Hall would host four new '' Nine News Victoria'' regional bulletins – ''Nine News Western Victoria'', ''Nine News Central Victoria'', ''Nine News Border North East'' and ''Nine News Gippsland'' – from Nine's Melbourne studios but featuring news, sport and weather reports from reporters in Ballarat, Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Shepparton and Traralgon. In February 2017, Hall joined 3AW to host an hour-long chat program, ''Great Australian Lives.''

Personal life

She attended

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in Mont Albert North. Hall has four children with her former husband, Jason Danda. She lives in Melbourne’s inner east and is a Collingwood supporter.

References

External links

Profile of Jo Hall
at Nine News {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Jo Australian television newsreaders and news presenters Australian television journalists Living people 1958 births Television personalities from Melbourne