Daniela Ritorto

Daniela Ritorto is an Australian journalist who has been the Media and Communications Manager for energy company Santos Limited since 2018.[1] She previously worked for the Special Broadcasting Service. Originally Ritorto worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia, and in London for BBC World News.[2][3] While working at BBC World News, she hosted a variety of programmes.[4]

Daniela Ritorto
OccupationJournalist, presenter
Notable credit(s)
ABC News 24
BBC World News & Special Broadcasting Service.

When Ritorto started work for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, she was the news presenter for 1062 ABC Local Radio Riverlands in 2003 until 2004, when she moved to South Australian politics for ABC News 24. Ritorto stayed for a number of years before moving to London to work for the BBC.[3]

Since starting at BBC World News, Ritorto has been the presenter for a number of programmes including the main weekend overnight presenter of BBC World News which is broadcast on BBC News in the UK, around the world on BBC World News and on public television in America, live from the 'World's Newsroom in London'. Other roles she has held for the BBC are; the London presenter of Newsday, World News Today, Newsnight, & Outside Source primarily on a relief/need-by-need basis.[2] However, in January 2016 Ritorto posted onto Twitter that she had returned to Australia and had left the BBC after 3 years of service.[5] Ritorto joined the Special Broadcasting Service's political team in Canberra on 1 February 2016.

Ritorto's partner is ALP politician and Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler.[6][7]

References
  1. "Media Release" (PDF). Santos. 10 July 2018.
  3. "ABC Riverlands". ABC Riverlands. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. "About BBC World News Tv". BBC.com/news. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. "Daniela Ritorto on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  6. Aston, Joe (14 February 2019). "Santos set for Bill Shorten". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  7. Bowers, Mike (18 September 2019). "Midwinter Ball: Canberra's political class dress to impress – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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