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2012 World PR Forum Summary

Sunday 18 November The Research Colloquium at this year’s World PR Forum was a great success with 100 people turning out to hear the newest ideas and research in public relations in the beautiful surrounds of the Melbourne Convention &...

Delegates take an industry tour at the close of the 2012 WPRF

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Largest World PR Forum comes to a close

How do you top the first day of a World PR Forum that ends with dinner for 500 people? Particularly when dinner is at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Grounds with a spectacular sunset. The answer is a program bursting with content and i...
 

Virginia Trioli

 
Virginia Trioli
Master of Ceremonies
 
One of Australia's best-known journalists, Virginia Trioli, will be the Master of Ceremonies at the World Public Relations Forum being held in Melbourne on 18-20 November this year.

Trioli is a two-time Walkley Award winner and has a formidable reputation as a television anchor, radio presenter, writer and commentator.

In 1995 she won Australian journalism's highest honour, the Walkley Award for her business reporting and in 2001 Trioli won a second Walkley for her landmark interview with the former Defence Minister, Peter Reith, over the notorious Children Overboard issue. In 1999 she won the Melbourne Press Club's Best Columnist award, The Quill. In 2006 she won Broadcaster of the Year at the ABC Local Radio Awards.

Virginia has held senior positions at The Age newspaper and the Bulletin magazine. For eight years she hosted the Drive Program on 774 ABC Melbourne, and the Morning Program on 702 ABC Sydney. She has been the host of ABC TV's premiere news and current affairs program, Lateline, and a presenter on ABC TV's Sunday Arts. She currently anchors ABC News Breakfast on ABC 1 and ABC News 2. 
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