Influencing Insider

Award-winning Australian freelance travel writer, food writer, features writer and editor for Out & About with Kids, Angela Saurine joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 29th June at 1pm and will discuss:

About Angela Saurine

Specialising in travel, food, lifestyle and social issues, Angela has written for publications including Escape, Traveller, The Weekend Australian, Good Weekend, Woman’s Day, Explore Travel, delicious., MiNDFOOD, Broadsheet and Country Style. She is also editor of family travel magazine Out & About with Kids and annual Explore Hawai‘i guides.

About Out & About With Kids

Out & About with Kids is a multi-platform publisher specialising in family travel. Their innovative monthly digital magazine features stories about Australian and overseas holiday destinations, hotel reviews, advice, interviews with industry experts and celebrities about their favourite holiday experiences, and the latest travel products families need to know about.

The 2023 Lizzies Best Corporate Content Winner and Managing Editor for Image Matrix, Djuro Sen joins us on Influencing Insider this Thursday 22nd June at 1pm and will discuss:

About Djuro Sen

Djuro is Managing Editor of Image Matrix and a weekly technology contributor and reporter for Sky News Australia and Ausbiz. He started pulling electronic devices apart from the early 70s and that fascination continues today. Djuro was the first Australian network news Technology Editor reporting daily with 7 News.

About Image Matrix

Founded by award winning reviewer Djuro Sen, Image Matrix Tech, uses its own channels and mainstream media to explain the latest technology for consumers, business and research. The aim of this site and channels is to educate consumers on the latest tech trends and products. We want people to enjoy their tech experience, to avoid junk tech and to become a little more tech savvy.

Launched in 2008 by passionate husband-and-wife team Michael and Michelle McHugh, this family business continues to share its MiNDFOOD smart thinking philosophy with readers around the globe.

We’ll be speaking with CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Michael McHugh, on Influencing Insider this Thursday 8th June at 2pm to discuss:

About Michael McHugh

Michael’s journey with MiNDFOOD started in New Zealand in March 2008. His background in publishing includes founding two award-winning magazines, Delicious and Notebook:, both publications winning the MPA Australian Launch Magazine of the Year, and winning MPA Publisher of the Year in New Zealand.

About MiNDFOOD

MiNDFOOD is built around the core editorial platforms of Community, Culture, Health, Beauty, Style, Décor, Travel, Food and Drink. Readers can access content across a wide range of multimedia platforms: online, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and the monthly magazine.

From business innovation and public policy to investors & research – independent publishing company InnovationAus provides information and insight on the application of new technology to continued national prosperity.

Editor for InnovationAus, Justin Hendry joins us on Influencing Insider this Friday 2nd June at 1pm and will discuss: 

About Justin Hendry

Justin is an award-winning journalist who has covered the intersection of technology, business and politics for the last eight years. Prior to joining InnovationAus in August 2022, Justin spent more than five years at iTnews, first as a journalist and then as deputy editor. He has also worked for public sector IT research house Intermedium.

About InnovationAus

InnovationAus.com is an independent publisher of high-quality journalism. Their reporting covers the state and federal policies and programs that help underpin the commercial development of Australia’s tech industry. They focus on the opportunities that align with the Australian Government’s strategic industry priorities.

The 2023 Lizzies Best Technical Journalist Winner and Senior Writer for Information Age, Casey Tonkin joins us on Influencing Insider this Friday 26th May at 1pm and will discuss: 

About Casey Tonkin

A lifelong technophile and science fiction geek, Casey Tonkin joined Information Age in 2019. With interests in AI, space travel, and post-humanism, Casey is always on the hunt for the overlap of science-fact and science-fiction.

About ACS Information Age

Information Age is the flagship news publication of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the peak membership body of tech industry professionals. Information Age delivers authoritative and trusted news on the local and international tech sector, keeping technology professionals informed with the latest developments.

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.