Angela Pippos
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Angela Pippos is an Australia
n journalist, television/radio presenter and author. From 2008 to 2009 she co-hosted the Sport 927
radio breakfast program with Michael Christian
.
and began her career as a researcher and reporter with ABC
Television in her hometown of Adelaide
. After three years, she was lured across to ABC television news in Melbourne
in 1997, even though the sports reporting position didn’t fit in with her plans of becoming a political journalist. Within a few months she was presenting the sports segment at the 7pm News desk on weekends and then was promoted to weeknights alongside Ian Henderson.
She has also been a guest presenter on 774 ABC Radio
, as well as a columnist and feature writer for the AFL Website and the Sunday Age. Angela is also the author of The Goddess Advantage – One Year in the Life of a Football Worshipper. She is working with a scriptwriter to develop the book into a television mini-series.
Angela was asked by the Australian Labor Party
to stand for the Victorian seat of Williamstown
, vacated by former Premier Steve Bracks
in 2007, but she turned it down. In 2008, after more than ten years with ABC News as sports journalist and presenter, Angela joined Sport 927
as a breakfast co-host. It was the first time they had a male and female breakfast partnership on the radio station.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist, television/radio presenter and author. From 2008 to 2009 she co-hosted the Sport 927
Sport 927
Radio Sport National is a Melbourne based radio network dedicated to covering horse and greyhound racing. While much of the station is dedicated to Gallops, Harness and greyhound racing, it does also cover other sports....
radio breakfast program with Michael Christian
Michael Christian
Michael Christian is a former Australian rules footballer and media personality from Busselton, Western Australia.Christian played 82 games for East Perth in the WAFL from 1981 to 1986 and then crossed to Collingwood in the VFL/AFL to play out his football career. Christian would play full-back...
.
Biography
Angela completed an Honours degree in Politics at the University of AdelaideUniversity of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
and began her career as a researcher and reporter with ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Television in her hometown of Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. After three years, she was lured across to ABC television news in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in 1997, even though the sports reporting position didn’t fit in with her plans of becoming a political journalist. Within a few months she was presenting the sports segment at the 7pm News desk on weekends and then was promoted to weeknights alongside Ian Henderson.
She has also been a guest presenter on 774 ABC Radio
774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Originally known by its callsign 3LO, it began transmission on 13 October 1924 – Melbourne's second radio station after 3AR.-History:...
, as well as a columnist and feature writer for the AFL Website and the Sunday Age. Angela is also the author of The Goddess Advantage – One Year in the Life of a Football Worshipper. She is working with a scriptwriter to develop the book into a television mini-series.
Angela was asked by the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
to stand for the Victorian seat of Williamstown
Electoral district of Williamstown
Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown and Yarraville...
, vacated by former Premier Steve Bracks
Steve Bracks
Stephen Philip Bracks AC is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party, and was party leader and Premier from 1999 to 2007....
in 2007, but she turned it down. In 2008, after more than ten years with ABC News as sports journalist and presenter, Angela joined Sport 927
Sport 927
Radio Sport National is a Melbourne based radio network dedicated to covering horse and greyhound racing. While much of the station is dedicated to Gallops, Harness and greyhound racing, it does also cover other sports....
as a breakfast co-host. It was the first time they had a male and female breakfast partnership on the radio station.