Virginia Frances Trioli was born on 16 August 1965 and is an Australian journalist, author, radio and television presenter.
11 Facts About Virginia Trioli
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Virginia Trioli worked as a publicist for a book publisher, then at the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission before starting at The Age in 1990.
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Virginia Trioli began, but never completed, postgraduate studies at New York University from 1993 to 1994 while working as a reporter for The Age, where she worked until 1999.
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Virginia Trioli worked part-time for the Packer organisation as a columnist on The Bulletin magazine.
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Virginia Trioli became a radio presenter when she worked at 774 ABC Melbourne in 2001 on weekday afternoons, where she shared the journalist union's Walkley Award with the 774 Drive Team.
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In 2005, Virginia Trioli moved to Sydney to host the morning show on the radio station 702 ABC Sydney, replacing Sally Loane.
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On 5 February 2007, Virginia Trioli was announced as the Friday presenter of ABC's Lateline news and current affairs program, replacing Maxine McKew.
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In 2008, Virginia Trioli moved back to Melbourne to commence co-hosting News Breakfast on ABC TV alongside Barrie Cassidy, Joe O'Brien, Paul Kennedy and Vanessa O'Hanlon.
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In May 2019, the ABC announced that Virginia Trioli would be leaving News Breakfast to replace Jon Faine as Mornings presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne.
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On her first Mornings program with ABC Radio Melbourne, Virginia Trioli incorrectly declared herself to be the first female presenter of the program when in fact it had been Elizabeth Bond who had hosted the show in the late 1970s.
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Virginia Trioli is married to Russell Skelton who is a contributing editor of The Age and head of the ABC's fact checking unit.