Hilary Barry
Hilary Barry (born 1969, née Pankhurst) is a a New Zealand journalist who currently presents the 6 pm 3 News with Mike McRoberts.
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[edit] Early career
Barry attended Queen Margaret College in early life (to age 18), and was head Head Girl in her final year.She later completed a BA in Linguistics and a Certificate of Journalism.
Barry (then Pankhurst) began her career as radio reporter for radio station 89.3 TODAY FM (now More FM Wairarapa). She became a TV3 news reporter in Christchurch in 1993 then moved to Auckland to work as a reporter on 3 News. She read the morning news on radio station More FM and participated in the morning shows for 10 years.
[edit] Recent career
Barry presented the weekend edition of 3 News for six years, before being promoted to presenting the weeknight 3 News. Former regular anchors John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live, in March 2005.[1]
In 2006 Qantas Television Awards she was voted Favourite New Zealand Female Personality.
On 9 February 2009, Barry became news anchor on the RadioLIVE breakfast show hosted by Marcus Lush.[2]
Barry won the Best News or Current Affair Presenter award at the 2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards. She hosted The Coca Cola Christmas in the Park in December 2011. [3]
She is married to Mike, a teacher, and has two sons.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "TV3 Announces 7PM Current Affairs Show". http://www.mediaworks.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=139&articleID=10. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "TV3's Hilary Barry to join Radio Live". MediaWorks. http://www.mediaworks.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=134&articleID=657. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "AFTA winners pay tribute to Christchurch". 3 News. http://www.3news.co.nz/AFTA-winners-pay-tribute-to-Christchurch/tabid/418/articleID/232608/Default.aspx. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Hilary Barry's Facebook bio". http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000950580663. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
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