A print journalism cadetship at The Australian, trained in News Corp newsrooms, and two decades breaking Sydney’s most-read stories — feature profiles, columns and interviews with a knack for the elusive exclusive.
Freelance Journalism — the full story
Jo’s training and background is in print journalism. She began her cadetship on _The Australian Newspaper_ and trained in the country’s top newsrooms at News Corp, learning from the ground up – which then led her to work for every major metropolitan newspaper in the country. As such she has supreme writing, editing, grammar and fact-checking skills. She can spot a spelling mistake a mile away! She is also a superb interviewer with a knack for getting subjects to open up in a revealing and fascinating way, often creating that elusive exclusive.
For the past two decades, she has broken thousands of Sydney’s most-read stories through the column she co-founded _Sydney Confidential_ in _The Daily Telegraph_. She subsequently had regular weekly columns in _The Sun Herald_ and _The Sydney Morning Herald_ and _The Sunday Telegraph.
Her status as queen of the social scene – her little black book is unparalleled – lead to Jo writing a weekly social column for News Corp’s _The Wentworth Courier_– published on _dailytelegraph.com.au_ and part of their Prestige Network of Magazines – as well as writing in-depth cover features on local identities, politicians, business identities and celebrities.
Jo’s obsession with storytelling in any format has always been to find out what makes a person tick, what motivates them and just how they have become the success they are. Whether it is a local identity, a businessman, a politician or a celebrity, she is always determined to get to that nugget of gold for her audience.
Jan Logan: From Housewife to Sydney’s first lady of Fine Jewellery
Ronni Kahn: One woman’s life work exposes a scary truth
Catfights and claws behind the scene of the eastern suburbs women who are the Real Housewives of Sydney
Real Housewives of Sydney star Lisa Oldfield reveals sexual assault horror
Celebrity chefGuillameBrahimi is watching his daughter follow in his footsteps into the kitchen
Champion swimmer Geoff Huegill finds a new career — in the pool cleaning business
Siimon Reynolds on how to be a high performance Dad
