Melissa Doyle
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| Born | February 10, 1970 |
| Occupation(s) | Seven Network Journalist and television personality |
| Spouse | John |
| Children | Nicholas and Talia |
| Website | Sunrise profile |
Melissa Jane Doyle (born February 10, 1970) is an Australian television personality.
She is currently one of the two hosts on the Seven Network's Sunrise. Her co-host is David Koch. They also co-host the Where Are They Now and TV Turns 50 show.
In her youth she attended Pymble Ladies' College. She studied communications at Charles Sturt University. She gained a cadetship at WIN Television's Canberra bureau in 1990, then moved to Prime Television to become news anchor and general reporter. Doyle was one of Sunrise's original hosts before it was axed in 1998, before being resurrected in 2000. She also had a stint reading the Seven Late News.
In 2000, she took over as host of Sydney's Today Tonight following the departure of Stan Grant. She stayed until March 2001 when she left for maternity leave. She returned to Seven in a variety of news and presenting roles before being asked to front a revamped Sunrise program with Chris Reason. After about 8 months, Chris left the program after a recurrence of cancer. David Koch then joined the program as a replacement for Chris.
Together, Melissa and David, under the guidance of Generation Y's TV Wunderkind Adam Boland, took on and eventually surpassed their incumbent opposition and market leaders, the Today Show on Channel Nine.
In 2003 Melissa enjoyed a very public pregnancy with her second child, who was born in December of that year and named Talia.
The show is unashamedly driven by their viewers and they maintain a sense of accessibility and honesty - a rarity in the media and something astutely observed by Gerald Stone in his 2007 book "Who Killed Channel Nine".
Melissa was nominated for the Silver Logie as Most Popular Television Presenter in 2005, 2006 and 2007. On two of those occasions she was the only female nominated in that category.
In October 2007 Melissa's first book, co-written with Jo Scard will be published by Allen & Unwin. "The Working Mothers Survival Guide" is a practical book designed to help working mothers and families navigate their way through the sometimes arduous and complicated process of maintaining a career and having a baby.
External links
- [1], Melissa Doyle's official site
- [2], Website for Melissa Doyle's book
- Melissa Doyle Sunrise presenter, Seven Network
- Melissa Doyle, Ninemsn Health, June 2004 issue of GoodMedicine magazine
- Interview on WHO.com with Mel and Kochie about their Cool the Globe campaign