Allison Langdon Biography – Allison Langdon Wiki
Allison Langdon is an Australian television presenter, reporter, journalist, news presenter, and author. She is currently co-host of the breakfast program Today with Karl Stefanovic and was previously a co-host on its weekend edition Weekend Today, as well as a reporter and presenter on the localized version of the current affairs program 60 Minutes. In November 2022, Langdon was appointed as host of A Current Affair replacing Tracy Grimshaw who announced her retirement in September after 17 years. She will begin her new role in January 2023. She will be replaced by Sarah Abo as the co-host of Today. Both of them will begin their new roles on January 16, 2023.
Langdon studied at Wauchope High School and Port Macquarie’s MacKillop Senior College. During her time at school, she presented radio programs on Monday evenings on the local community radio station 2WAY FM, which is based in Wauchope. After completing her high school studies, she studied journalism at Charles Sturt University and filed stories for the National Radio News service of the Australian Community Radio Network, run by the CBAA. She was also a broadcaster with the on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM. She joined the Nine Network after completing her journalism degree, which included an internship with CBS in New York City. She started her media career as a producer for Nightline in 2001.
In 2002, she worked as a producer for the 6:00 pm bulletin of National Nine News. She then moved to Nine’s Darwin newsroom and, in her first year in the Top End, won the David Marchbank Award for the best new journalist. Alongside her round as a political reporter for the Northern Territory, Langdon traveled to China and East Timor covering stories for news and the Sunday program. She was one of the first Australian journalists on the ground following the Australian Embassy Bombing in Jakarta in September 2004. She filed daily for all of Nine’s bulletins. In October 2004, she moved back to Sydney as a general reporter and took over the court rounds for National Nine News.
In early 2007, she was appointed as a news presenter on Today, filling in for Georgie Gardner while she was on maternity leave during the first half of 2007. Later in 2007, she often presented National Nine News: Morning Edition and National Nine News: Afternoon Edition bulletins on Fridays. She also presented bulletins over the 2007-2008 summer. In 2008, she was appointed as the Friday presenter of Nightline, staying in this role until the axing of the program. Langdon continued as a fill-in presenter for Nine News through 2008.
Also in 2008, she released her first book; The Child Who Never Was: Looking for Tegan Lane, which examined the murder of newborn infant Tegan Lane by her mother Keli Lane. She was a senior reporter in the Sydney newsroom and continued to fill in on Nine News bulletins, and Today. In February 2009, Langdon was criticized for her reporting in Marysville, Victoria, which had been devastated by the Black Saturday bushfires, and where 34 people had died. The town was sealed off as a crime scene, but Langdon and her camera crew helicoptered into the scene despite a police ban on entering the town.
In 2011, she became a reporter on the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes program. In December 2017, she was appointed co-host of Weekend Today replacing Deborah Knight. She continued working as a reporter on 60 Minutes and was a fill-in presenter on Nine News Sydney and Today. In November 2019, the Nine Network announced that she will host Today with Karl Stefanovic in January 2020.
Allison Langdon Age
She was born on May 20, 1979, in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Allison Langdon Husband
It was reported on August 26, 2007, that she had announced her engagement to journalist Michael Willesee, Jr., son of former A Current Affair host Mike Willesee. Langdon and Willesee, Jr. married in 2008. They have two children.
In November 2022, she was confirmed as the new host of A Current Affair a role that she will begin on January 16, 2023. She was overcome by emotions while talking about her new role which will see her take after deceased father-in-law Mike Willesee who held the position for almost twenty years.
She said: “It’s a pretty special thing to the family if I’m honest. A special thing for Mike which has sort of surprised me how much emotion he’s had around it. There’s the thought of how nice it would be had he been here.”
She added: “I’m very excited but it’s hard to leave the show. I love it. I love this man [ Karl Stefanovic] despite everything he does and says and annoys me,” she said.
Allison Langdon Children
The couple had a son in January 2017 named Mack James Willesee, followed by a daughter, Scout Heather in March 2019.
Allison Langdon Nationality
She is of Australian nationality.
Allison Langdon Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @allisonlangdon.
