Georgina McGuinness
Georgina McGuinness (née Allan, formerly Thomas) is a newsreader who was the anchor of Nine News Adelaide's weekend 6pm news bulletin from 1989 to 2011.
Early life
An Adelaide native, born 29 August 1966, she studied at Seymour College and at the Magill campus of the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now a part of the University of South Australia).[citation needed]
Career
She graduated in 1987 and joined
Until 2007, McGuinness was also the co-anchor of the annual Adelaide Christmas Pageant telecast which airs in early November each year.[citation needed]
In October 2011, it was announced that McGuinness would not have her contract renewed with the Nine Network.[2] In early 2012, McGuinness joined the staff of South Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond as a speechwriter.[3]
Personal life
After a number of years presenting as both Georgina Allan, and later Georgina Thomas, she married former
One of her pastimes is marathon running. She has run marathons in Amsterdam, Berlin and London.[5]
References
- ^ Kelly on cloud Nine
- ^ Iannella, Antimo (19 October 2011). "Experienced newsreaders Georgina McGuinness and Michael Smyth gone". AdelaideNow. News Limited. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ Leo, Jessica. "Georgina McGuinness to join SA Opposition leader Isobel Redmond's team". www.adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b Michael McGuire and Ben Harvy (18 August 2010). "Tony McGuinness parts ways with Chris McDermott". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b Craig Cook (17 April 2015). "Georgina McGuinness: Former TV newsreader talks about life after Channel Nine". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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