Sonia Vinci (born 1971) is a former journalist and co-anchor of ''
Nine News
''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane ...
'' in
Perth
Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...
.
She began a journalist in 1990 at Perth radio 6PR and later became Australia's youngest female news director. During her time at 6PR, Sonia also worked at
Channel Seven Perth as a weekend journalist for
Seven News
''7NEWS'' is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia.
National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition television, high definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while f ...
, and also read sports news for Seven's Footy Show in 1994.
She later worked for regional station
GWN as a news anchor before returning to 6PR and the
Channel 9 in 2000. She worked initially as a stand-by news anchor, but later became weeknight anchor, and with
Dixie Marshall was part of Australia's first female duo news team from 2003–2007.
In January 2008, Nine announced that Vinci would host a new Western Australian version of ''
A Current Affair''. However, it was announced in July that Vinci would not proceed with her new position, with a view to "spending more time with the kids".
Sonia Vinci pulls pin on Channel 9
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References
External links
NineMSN
Channel Nine Perth
Australian journalists
Living people
1971 births
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