Fresh off his Gold Lizzie win at the 2023 IT Journalism Awards – journalist, broadcaster, and author, Marc Fennell joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 18th of May at 1pm and will discuss: 

About Marc Fennell

Marc Fennell is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author. He's known for hosting ABC’s Download This Show, SBS's The Feed and his one-on-one interviews with newsmakers from Al Gore to Tom Cruise to Julian Assange. Marc has reported on the ground from around the world and covered everything from the Hong Kong protests to survivors of torture.

About Download This Show

Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Marc Fennell and a team of people far smarter than him take a fun deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.

Kicking off Insider for the month of May is Lifehacker Australia🎉

Lifehacker covers everything from the latest entertainment events and food trends, to personal finance and cool tech gadgets, all with a healthy dose of fun.

Lifehacker Editor, Stephanie Nuzzo, joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 4th May at 1pm to discuss:

About Stephanie Nuzzo

Stephanie Nuzzo is the Editor of Lifehacker Australia and has been working in the media industry for close to 10 years. Since completing her Bachelor of Media, Steph has written about a broad range of topics, but her passion points include mental health, women's issues, fitness, sex and the confusing beast that is modern dating.

About Lifehacker

Lifehacker Australia is published by Pedestrian Group — Australia’s leading youth-centered publisher, reaching a unique audience of more than 4.39 million Australians a month. They post clever career and finance tips, advice for improving the balance between your work and home life plus guides to making the most out of your gadgets and software. Any aspects of your life that can be improved by “thinking like a programmer”.

Science & Technology Editor for NITV at SBS, Rae Johnston joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 27th April at 1pm and will discuss: 

About Rae Johnston

Rae Johnston is a multi-award-winning journalist focusing on the geekier side of life. The first Science & Technology Editor for NITV at SBS, her work appears across television, radio, and online. Rae is also the producer and host of top-rated podcasts Queens of the Drone Age, STEAM with Rae Johnston, Hear+Beyond, Look At Me and Harmful.

About NITV

National Indigenous Television (NITV) is a channel made by, for and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Through them, you will discover a channel for all Australians. NITV informs, educates and entertains its Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences about the issues that matter the most to Indigenous Australians.

Come escape with us next week, as we talk to Australia’s go-to guide for everything travel related 🌏

Traveller is your daily escape to dream destinations. Be transported to the wild Kimberley Coast of Western Australia or a sun lounge on the Cote d’Azur in France, with a mimosa in hand. Traveller has got you covered for your next vacay!

Traveller’s Content Director, Trudi Jenkins joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 20th April at 2pm and will discuss:

About Trudi Jenkins

Trudi is the Content Director of Travel at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, responsible for the Traveller brand across all platforms. A magazine editor with more than 30 years’ experience in lifestyle media, Trudi is known as the former editor-in-chief of delicious magazine, a position she held for 11 years before resigning to join her digital business full-time.

About Traveller

Traveller is an essential resource for Australians who love to travel, published daily online and every Saturday and Sunday in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age. They are dedicated to providing the best travel advice by offering the perfect mix of inspirational content and comprehensive destination guides with things to do and places to stay.

With rates rising & the housing market uncertain about what it wants to do next, we thought we’d talk to the experts about communicating in this space.

Covering Australian and international property, lifestyle and finance news since 1999, Kanebridge Media’s titles ‘Kanebridge News’ and ‘Kanebridge Quarterly’ have become a go-to digital destination for investment analysis.

Editor in Chief for Kanebridge Media, Robyn Willis, joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 6th April at 2pm to discuss:

About Robyn Willis

Robyn has been a journalist for more than 25 years, and has specialised in writing about architecture, building and design. Prior to joining Kanebridge, she was the editor of Home and Real Estate sections of The Daily Telegraph for more than six years.

About Kanebridge Media

Kanebridge News delivers daily independent property, finance and lifestyle news ideal for investors interested in the Australian property and finance market. In addition to their Australian content, Kanebridge News also provides world class international insights, thanks to content from their commercial partnership with Dow Jones.

Rounding off our month of Lifestyle is Australian publishing platform, The Latch 🎉

Since 2020, The Latch has brought new perspectives on the ever-changing topics relating to the way we live. Nothing is off limits, sharing news, informative deep dives, tips and advice across travel, fashion, sustainability, relationships, sex, career, interiors — the list goes on.

Lifestyle Editor for The Latch, Sangeeta Kockarekar, joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 30th March at 2pm to discuss:

About Sangeeta Kockarekar

Lifestyle Editor for The Latch, Sangeeta has over seven years experience working for some of Australia's leading digital and print titles. She previously worked as Commercial Content Editor of Escape and delicious. Born and raised in the United States, Kocharekar settled in Australia after finishing college.

About The Latch

The Latch expands cultural conversations beyond clickbait - giving their readers the tools to have richer conversations and a deeper understanding of the topics they care about. Focusing on curating entertainment, wellness and lifestyle content, The Latch provides relevant and responsive information through breaking news, interesting long-forms and bite-sized pieces you won’t find anywhere else.

There is no other site that does city guides or suburb profiles quite like Sitchu. Combining beautiful photography with tailored content, they tell the story of what it’s like to be a local. Through bespoke editorial features, Sitchu shares inspiring stories and insider tips from some of Australia’s most stylish and influential locals.

We’ll be speaking with Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Holly Perks, this Wednesday 22nd March at 2pm to discuss:

About Holly Perks

Overseeing the team of creative individuals at Sitchu is Holly Perks, Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder. Since 2016, Holly has managed all content, branding, marketing and strategy for the brand, creating content for young women to stay connected with their favourite suburbs across the country.

About Sitchu

Sitchu is a modern, online lifestyle brand curated to explore Australia’s most sought-after suburbs. Through an interactive map, business directory and wish list, Sitchu helps their readers stay connected with suburbs across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth.

Australia and New Zealand’s leading multi-channel publisher, Are Media has been producing content across lifestyle, entertainment, fashion, beauty and food for over eight decades.

Their Food & Lifestyle division delivers unique content; from the inspirational escapism of Gourmet Traveller; to the practical, fun and fresh approach of Australian Women’s Weekly Food.

Overseeing the team for lifestyle & food at Are Media is Digital Managing Editor, Jayde Malifa. She joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 16th March at 2pm to discuss:

About Jayde Malifa

Jayde Malifa is the Digital Managing Editor at Are Media - creating lifestyle and food content for Now to Love, New Idea, WHO, Gourmet Traveller and Australian Women’s Weekly Food. From health and wellbeing, to beauty and style, she is all about providing readers with the best lifestyle inspiration.

About Are Media

Are Media is the leading company in Australia for women’s content, driven by their beloved brands and engaged consumers. They create content, experiences and ecommerce opportunities across digital, magazines, social channels, videos, podcasts and events. Their aim is to inform, inspire, influence and enable our audience to connect with the things they are passionate about across beauty, food, fashion, travel, parenting and entertainment.

Influencing women since the 1930s, Are Media are now Australia and New Zealand’s leading multi-channel publisher, reaching 9 in every 10 Australian women every day. Iconic brands such as New Idea, Woman’s Day and WHO have helped define the lifestyle genre within the Australian media landscape.

Lifestyle Director for Are Media’s weekly titles, Claire Isaac, joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 9th March at 2pm to discuss:

About Claire Isaac

Claire Isaac is the Lifestyle Director at Are Media’s weekly titles - including New Idea, Woman’s Day, WHO, Take 5, That’s Life and TV Week. She comes with a wealth of journalism, editorial and content production experience across both digital platforms and print.

About Are Media

Are Media is the leading company in Australia for women’s content, driven by their beloved brands and engaged consumers. They create content, experiences and ecommerce opportunities across digital, magazines, social channels, videos, podcasts and events. Their aim is to inform, inspire, influence and enable our audience to connect with the things they are passionate about across beauty, food, fashion, travel, parenting and entertainment.

Qantas Magazine gives you access to the best travel features and guides written by experts around the world, as well as business, sport, food, wine, style and more. Their editorial captures a unique, clearly defined audience each and every single day.

Leading the team is Editor in Chief, Kirsten Galliott joins us on Influencing Insider next Thursday 2nd March at 12pm and will discuss:

About Kirsten Galliott

Kirsten Galliott is currently the Head of Content for Travel & Luxury at Medium Rare Content agency. She is the Editor in Chief at Qantas Magazine and Travel Insider. Prior to her role she was the Editor of InStyle Australia and The (Sydney) Magazine, a liftout of the Sydney Morning Herald.

About Qantas Magazine

Qantas Magazine is the inflight magazine on Qantas international and domestic flights, including QantasLink services to regional Australia. It informs and entertains Qantas passengers with up-to-date information about destinations and a mix of news, people, travel, sport, business, leisure, and arts. Stories reflect the interests and passions of the 2.2 million domestic and international passengers who choose to fly with Qantas each month.