Kerry has been a journalist for more than 15 years. She started her career at The Sydney Morning Herald, followed by a stint at The Australian Women’s Weekly. She came to news.com.au in 2018 as Commissioning Editor, before becoming News Editor and then Sections Editor. She helped spearhead news.com.au’s groundbreaking #LetHerSpeak and #JusticeShouldn’tHurt campaigns, which have won a News Award, a Kennedy Award and a Walkley Award.

Liz is news.com.au’s deputy editor. She began her career in magazines at The Australian Women’s Weekly, going on to work in newspapers before joining news.com.au. She started as a senior reporter in 2014 before becoming news editor and then deputy. Liz has appeared on national TV and radio as a commentator discussing news stories, politics and social issues.

Rohan has worked as a journalist and news editor for the past 12 years after studying Journalism at Monash University in Melbourne and beginning his career in a radio newsroom. He mentored journalism students at Charles Sturt University’s National Radio News before moving to Sydney to work in newspapers. Rohan joined news.com.au as a journalist before becoming news editor in 2016. He moved to Melbourne in 2018 where he covers stories that matter to all Victorians.

Jai has been with News Corp since 2005. Originally a sports journalist, he covered all the local teams in his hometown of Adelaide before moving to Sydney in 2014. He helped grow news.com.au’s sports audience to the largest in the country while attending events like the Olympics, World Cup and even McGregor-Mayweather. In 2021, he transitioned to an audience role and now helps more readers discover news.com.au’s content as our Head of Audience.

Daniel got his start as a reporter with the Daily Mail in 2015 after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Communication majoring in journalism at UTS. He’s not embarrassed to admit he’s a TikTok addict, is a diehard Manly Sea Eagles supporter, hates crossing either bridge (Harbour or Spit) and loves the buzz of working in a digital newsroom.

Ben has worked as a journalist for over a decade. He got his start after completing a Bachelor Degree in Journalism at Cardiff University in 2011. He then wrote for a newspaper in the north-west of England. Ben has written for a number of NewsCorp Australia’s Sydney newspapers and joined news.com.au as a reporter in 2017. He began working as an afternoon news editor in 2022 and moved into a news editor role in 2023.

Charlotte takes care of all things entertainment, lifestyle, finance, and travel at news.com.au. She actually began her career at news.com.au back in 2011, landing a gig as an entertainment reporter. After a few wonderful years, Charlotte headed to New York City as US Correspondent for news.com.au, which led to six years in the Big Apple and a number of editorial roles within News Corp. Upon returning to Australia, she has worked as acting editor for Kidspot, before coming full circle back to news.com.au in her current role.

Lauren has been a journalist for more than a decade, since graduating with a degree in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing her cadetship with NewsCorp, she worked at several of Sydney’s NewsLocal newspapers and as a senior reporter at mX, covering everything from national news and politics to travel, lifestyle and entertainment. She joined news.com.au as a news reporter in 2016, and is now the site’s Afternoon Homepage Editor.

Samantha Maiden is the political editor for news.com.au. She has also won three Walkleys for her coverage of federal politics including the Gold Walkley in 2021. She was also previously awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, Kennedy Awards Journalist of the Year and Press Gallery Journalist of the Year. A press gallery veteran, she has covered federal politics for more than 20 years.

Ally is passionate about covering the topics Aussies are talking about, from the housing crisis and cost of living to shifting cultural norms and social trends. She has been working as a news reporter since 2017, joining news.com.au as an intern. Over the years she has written across a broad range of topics, winning a Kennedy Award or outstanding court and legal reporting in 2024, before stepping into her current role heading up the Wealth and Culture team.

Vic has worked as a photo editor for more than 15 years, spending the last five at news.com.au as picture editor. She got her start working in the odd world of a paparazzi photo agency before moving into photo editing at women’s magazines Woman’s Day and NW, followed by working in digital news for the launch of Daily Mail Australia. She has no problem telling the difference between the Olsen twins and can name more Kardashian family members than she cares to.

After earning his stripes chasing stories and celebrities around Sydney as a video journalist for the Daily Telegraph, Ian did a nine-year stint as the Head of Video at Daily Mail Australia before returning to News Corp to head up the video team at news.com.au. He’s passionate about creating engaging, click-worthy content around the stories everyday Aussies are talking about. When he’s not lost in a TikTok spiral, you’ll find Ian out on the water trying to catch a wave.

Fuelled by sweet treats and the latest memes, Alice is an award-winning video producer who has successfully turned consuming the internet into her full-time job. She joined news.com.au in 2023 and now spearheads their growing team of video producers and editors. If you catch her doomscrolling social media on the clock it’s (probably) for work.

Andrew was an FM radio producer for seven years before joining news.com.au as an entertainment writer in 2013. He has since covered major events including the Academy Awards (which he has attended twice), the annual G’Day LA gala, Melbourne Cup, Logies and the ACRAs (radio awards). Andrew, or “Bucky” as he’s more commonly known, currently hosts news.com.au’s daily news podcasts, From The Newsroom and I’ve Got News For You.

Sam covers politics, with the occasional foray into entertainment news. He previously worked in the Canberra press gallery and as news.com.au’s US correspondent. Sam led our coverage of the 2016 and 2020 US elections and hit the campaign trail for the Australian federal elections in 2019 and 2022 – but you’re probably more likely to recognize him as our resident Game of Thrones nerd.

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

Alexis Carey has been a reporter for more than 10 years, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communications from the University of Sydney in 2009 before landing a role at her local paper in Griffith, NSW. Alexis has since worked for NewsCorp Australia’s local news titles and at the Mamamia Women’s Network before taking a career break to travel. She joined news.com.au in 2017 as a finance reporter and then finance editor before joining the news team in 2020.

Frank Chung is a senior journalist at news.com.au covering topics including local and international breaking news, politics, culture, media and technology. In his previous role as finance editor he wrote about economics, retail, industrial relations, small business, consumer affairs and real estate.

Cydonee has 35 years experience as a journalist, specialising in crime reporting. She was previously Investigations Editor at the Sunday Telegraph and spent six years as Chief of Staff. Career highlights include the Sunday Tele documentary Charlotte’s Wish, shining a light on police PTSD, covering the four-month Ivan Milat backpacker murder trial in 1996 and meeting people of all walks of life with stories to tell.

Jack Evans is a news editor at news.com.au having joined the team in 2022. He has held reporting and leadership positions in newsrooms across the country.

Brielle is a news reporter at news.com.au, covering a broad range of stories from local and international current affairs, health, and human interest. Before joining the team, she worked at Mamamia where she helped shine a light on women’s issues including health, domestic violence and women’s sport. She previously graduated from UTS with a Bachelor of Communications, Journalism, and Social and Political Science.

Alex began as a sport reporter at news.com.au before shifting to news in recent years. He has a keen interest in global affairs, painfully obscure rock music, Italian meats and Formula 1. As an eternal pest, he spends most of his time deleting sentences that simply won’t fly in civilised society.

Chantelle started out her career in journalism covering rural news at The Weekly Times, where she once got to play with miniature donkeys for work – yes, they really exist! Since then, her career highlights have included travelling to the US and UK to learn about the journalism and publishing industries there. In London, she covered Queen Elizabeth II’s death and funeral, where she spent 10 hours in the crowd! She is a 2020 News Corp Australia Young Journalist of the Year and a 2020 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards finalist.

Jasmine has worked in media since 2017, after graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Queensland and a Master’s in Communication from the University of Western Australia. Originally from the Sunshine Coast, she moved to Sydney to launch her career as a journalist, before being promoted to editor at Caters News, where her stories were featured in different media publications around the world. She joined news.com.au in 2022 and loves covering everything real life and human interest.

Nick has worked as an entertainment journalist for more than 15 years online, in print, and across television and radio. Before joining news.com.au’s entertainment team, his roles included working in London as Attitude Magazine’s online editor, and for Channel 7’s Sunday Night current affairs program. Prior to that, he held a long-running position as the entertainment editor of Australia’s most respected LGBTQA publication, the Star Observer.

Lexie Cartwright has worked as a journalist since 2013, beginning her career as a crime reporter at the Gold Coast Bulletin, before moving to the Courier-Mail in Brisbane and landing at news.com.au as an entertainment writer in Sydney in 2019. Lexie was a finalist for NewsCorp’s Young Journalist of the Year award in 2016 and as a reward was sent on secondment to London where she covered international events including the Manchester Arena bombing, London Bridge terror attack and Grenfell Tower Fire.

Bronte began her media career in 2010 after completing her Bachelor of Journalism and has worked in various roles at radio, TV and online publications over the years. She joined the Entertainment team at news.com.au in 2016 and has since covered major global stories, including Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, King Charles III’s coronation in London and international film premieres, as well as local events such as celebrity press tours and the Logies.

Christine Salazar is an entertainment journalist with more than 15 years experience in the industry. She joined news.com.au as an Entertainment Reporter in March 2023. Earlier in her career, she worked on Cosmopolitan, NW, TV Soap and Foxtel magazines before making the move to digital media. Christine was a Senior Producer at Nine from 2018 to 2023, where she covered local and international entertainment news and interviewed countless celebrities for 9Honey Celebrity and nine.com.au.

Rebekah spent a decade working on real-life magazines before making the move to digital. When she’s not in the office, she’s usually trying her hardest to lift heavy things at the gym or dreaming about her next trip to Burning Man. Her proudest journalist moment was interviewing Chris Hemsworth and yes, she can confirm he’s even better looking in real life.

Natalie graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Queensland’s University of Technology before becoming the youngest member of the news.com.au team. She spent her university days interning at Vogue and Brisbane’s Style magazine and worked as an editorial assistant and contributor at digital publication for young women, WinWin magazine. Her career so far has been spent covering everything from breaking news, US politics and a certain global pandemic to the revival of Tasty Toobs and which type of avocado truly reigns supreme.

Claudia Poposki is a lifestyle journalist at news.com.au, having joined the team in 2022. Claudia began her career as a trainee at Daily Mail Australia, where she worked across news, entertainment, lifestyle, social desk and enjoyed a secondment in Scotland before leaving to join Take 5 magazine. Claudia enjoys writing about the everyday matters that impacts people’s lives.

Heath is a parochial Novocastrian and senior reporter at news.com.au. He started off at country newspapers in 2016, before moving to Sydney and working for Fairfax, the ABC and News Corp. He’s covered almost everything, but is most passionate about reporting on the realm of court and crime.

Sarah Sharples has been a journalist for more than 10 years covering business, food, music, politics, careers and local news. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Journalism) and a Bachelor of Law at the University of Technology. Her career was kicked off at a number of business titles, before moving to NewCorp Australia’s NewsLocal newspapers. She has returned from a five-year adventure working as a reporter and editor in the UK and joined news.com.au as finance editor in 2020.

After graduating with a degree in Media and Broadcast, Vanessa landed a job with the Today Show working across the country and the world on entertainment, news and lifestyle stories before starting at news.com.au in 2016. In her current role as travel editor, Vanessa has travelled both domestically and abroad writing and filming content for the site, including yearly coverage of the Birdsville Races in outback Queensland and swimming with whale sharks off the coast of Cabos in Mexico.

Shireen started her career as an automotive writer for an online magazine before joining News Corp’s community newspapers covering local news and politics. During this time she had a stint on Sky News Australia as News Local’s correspondent. She then moved to London and Frankfurt working as a journalist and freelance travel writer before returning home to join the news.com.au team.

Joey is news.com.au’s sports editor. He’s been living out his dream in sports media since 2015. After studying journalism at the University of Technology Sydney, Joey interned at The Daily Telegraph’s sports section. From there he worked at NRL.com, Sporting News, Men’s Health, Yahoo Sports and 7NEWS before joining the news.com.au sports team in 2022.

After finishing a sports journalism degree at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Tyson joined The Daily Telegraph as a sports reporter with a focus on the NRL and AFL before moving to the position of sports editor at mX Newspaper in Sydney. He has covered everything from Tiger Woods’ chipping to wood-chopping.

Andrew McMurtry is the audience editor for news.com.au. He has been a journalist for well over a decade, writing across film and television, media and sport. After completing honours in communications at the University of Western Sydney and having held a series of jobs in the industry, he joined news.com.au as a sports reporter in 2018 before becoming audience editor in 2025.

James joined the news sports team in 2017 before, as he puts it, taking a Michael Jordan style break at the end of 2020, he rejoined the team in 2022. Having previously worked at ESPN and the NBA, he’s addicted to all things basketball, but loves nothing more than consuming sports of any kind.

Ben joined the news.com.au team in 2024 as a sports reporter after previously working at Daily Mail Australia, Yahoo and Fox Sports. He’s addicted to all things NRL and AFL but loves to consume anything and everything from MMA to darts to the peak cricket tournament, the Hong Kong Sixes.

James has more than 20 years’ experience in the media industry, predominantly in sports. He has held writing and editing roles with AAP, FourFourTwo, The Sydney Morning Herald, AFL Media and Finder and spends too much time watching, playing or discussing sport.

As a social media content producer for news.com.au, Nazeem makes sure that you’re kept up to date with the latest viral moments caught on video from around the world. Armed with a camera and an unbeatable sense of creativity, he transforms everyday moments into captivating visual spectacles to keep you hitting replay.

Kara heads up news.com.au’s checkout team, helping Aussies cut through the noise to make the most of their hard-earned dollars and find the best quality products at the best possible prices. Her mission is simple: to make shopping decisions easier through trusted, expert-led advice and real-world testing. A recognised authority in health, wellness, food, money and parenting, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Taste, Grazia, Women’s Health and Body+Soul.

Emily has been working in lifestyle journalism for over a decade, previously as editor of Kidspot and prior to that, part of the launch team of HuffPost Australia. She’s passionate about creating authentic and engaging content that speaks directly to readers and helps them navigate the exciting but often noisy world of online shopping. As a mum of three, Emily knows the stress of managing a family budget and wants to help people spend wisely and feel good about their purchases long after that dopamine hit wears off. When she’s not working, Emily can be found exploring the northern beaches of Sydney with her family or hosting a last-minute BBQ in her backyard.

Marina has been helping Aussie shoppers spend their hard-earned cash wisely for seven years. She’s the news.com.au checkout team’s expert in sales and deals, covering major events like Black Friday, Boxing Day and Click Frenzy. She’s also passionate about all things beauty and there’s nothing she loves more than trialling and testing new products. If you want an honest review on the latest moisturiser, foundation or serum, she’s your go-to. Marina has previously worked at comparison site Finder and has also written for popular titles including Marie Claire and The Carousel.

Claudia began her media career in radio, contributing to some of the most acclaimed programs at Nova Entertainment, including Fitzy & Wippa, Smallzy’s Surgery and Ash, Luttsy & Susie O’Neill. Having found herself glued to digital news, the jump over to news.com.au was an easy choice. Driven by a love for storytelling, video production & shopping, Claudia now produces the social media content for news.com.au’s checkout.

Tahnee-Jae has years of reviewing experience, specialising in all the appliances and products that can help improve your home and life. From finding the best budget sheets to the mattresses that can help you get a better night’s sleep, she does all of the research to save you time and money.She previously worked as a content producer for one of Australia’s top comparison sites Canstar Blue, where she spent her days learning what Australian shoppers really think by translating detailed national survey data into hundreds of highly respected consumer ratings – helping shed light on how well brands offer value for money and more.Armed with a Bachelor of Journalism and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Queensland University of Technology, she knows that detail matters and is dedicated to creating in-depth shopping guides to help you find the right product.

Philippa started her career at Vogue Australia before joining the news.com.au checkout team in 2022. She specialises in finding fashion that actually lasts: pieces you’ll reach for again and again, not just wear once and regret. From the perfect pair of jeans to everyday staples that earn their place in your wardrobe, she’s tried it all so you don’t have to. Her love of beauty came from years of battling acne-prone skin and working through what felt like every product on the market. Now, she’s all about honest reviews and recommendations that are actually worth your time and money, whether that’s a dress that’ll take you from desk to dinner or a serum that finally delivers on its promises.

Harriet is a Shopping Writer at news.com.au checkout. As the team’s resident Gen Z, she has a keen eye for the latest trends — whether it’s a recent fashion fad, a viral beauty product, or that one thing you need to make your home look amazing, she’s got her finger on the pulse and is always ready to share her fabulous finds. Harriet meticulously scours the web for the hottest deals, must-have products and dupes, and insane sales to help Aussies save cash and make informed buying decisions. When she isn’t working, you’ll most likely find her buying into the latest TikTok trends, playing video games, or gushing over her dogs.

Stephanie has been working in lifestyle and travel journalism for over 15 years and loves nothing more than to share her knowledge of travel hacks and bargains so others can get more bang for their holiday buck. She was previously the Travel and Shopping Editor at Finder and has been featured in Travel Weekly, KarryOn and The Guardian. Stephanie can’t resist a good flight sale, is a stickler for travelling as light as possible (sorry books, hello Kindle) and is currently navigating how to travel with a kid.