Influencing Insider

Giving us an insight into what will be trending over Christmas and New Years is the managing editor of Traveller.com.au , Craig Platt.

Kidspot is Australia’s top parenting and childhood news site, and leading the team is news editor Leesa Smith.

Influencing Insider is here to give you the basics with Louise Roberts, Managing Director of Sphere Public Relations, and Mike Woodcock, Chief Commercial Officer of MediaConnect.

With an extensive record at Nine including launching women’s lifestyle site 9honey, Kerri Elstub is one of the most experienced journalists and media professionals in the industry.

As technology becomes ever more important and businesses look to digitise, keeping an eye on it all is Group Managing Editor of nextmedia Andrew Birmingham who looks at the B2B side of things.

The relationship between journalists and public relations professionals is often mutually beneficial, but just how does it work? For the first time on Influencing Insider we will be welcoming Watterson Marketing Communications director Oisin O’Callaghan alongside The Australian technology editor David Swan. For full episode, visit influencing.com/insider

With the world of travel preparing to re-open, who better to talk about what that means for travel writing than contributor to the Lonely Planet, BBC, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Emily McAuliffe?

Online finance and business broadcaster ausbiz TV focuses on the stock market, financial trends and movements in the business world.

The Breeze is Aotearoa’s number one music radio station and leading the way is breakfast show Robert & Jeanette. Running everything behind the scenes for that show is executive producer Braydon Priest.

Discussing the changes we’ve seen in the last two years and what’s to come in 2022 are Clare Stephens from Mamamia, Julia Naughton from The Sydney Morning Herald and Gabriella del Grande from Are Media.

CNET is one of the world’s most visited technology sites in the world with its Australian team being headed up by the multi-award winning Mark Serrels.

Product reviews, tech news, iPhone launches, Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson covers it all as technology editor for NewsCorp.

The finance industry is moving very quickly these days and keeping on top of it is Channel Seven’s finance editor Gemma Acton. Channel Seven is one of Australia’s largest free-to-air channels and the most watched 6pm news show.

Newsroom is one of New Zealand’s largest independently owned news sites, and sharing the editor’s chair is co-editor Mark Jennings.

Whether it’s muscle cars, watches, video games or internet culture, Man of Many is on top of it all. Nick Hall is the digital editor at Man of Many and has been in the position since March 2020. He was previously a journalist with Octomedia.

Bruce is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Travel Daily. He bought the publication in 2004 from founder Mike Heard and now heads a small editorial team.

Alex Kidman has been in the industry for over two decades and knows what he's looking for when it comes to product reviews and pitches.

Denham Sadler is InnovationAus' new National Affairs Reporter and will be spending more time covering government policy impacting the technology sector.

Thrillist opened in Australia in January 2021 and is quickly becoming a go-to for information on food and travel Down Under.

Jessica Sier has rejoined The Australian Financial Review and is covering technology and internet culture. Listen to find out how she works with PR professionals.