{{Short description|Australian journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Jo Puccini | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | occupation = Journalist / executive producer | years_active = 1995–present | known_for = Executive Producer of 7.30 Four Corners Media Watch | notable_works = }}
'''Jo Puccini''' is an Australian journalist and since 2017 the Editor of ABC Investigations. From 2015 she was executive producer for the ABC for the nightly current affairs programme ''7.30''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-18 |title=New Executive Producer for 7.30 |url=http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/new-executive-producer-for-7-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206102630/https://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/new-executive-producer-for-7-30/ |archive-date=2022-12-06 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=ABC |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==Career== Puccini worked as a researcher and producer with the Seven Network on shows like ''Today Tonight'', ''The Times'' and ''Witness'', before joining the ABC's ''Media Watch'' as a researcher in 2000. While at the ABC’s ''Four Corners'' (2002–2007) Puccini won three Walkley Awards for journalism. Puccini was appointed Executive Producer for 7.30 in 2015<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aston |first=Joe |date=2015-03-18 |title=Jo Puccini appointed new EP of 7:30 |url=https://www.afr.com/rear-window/jo-puccini-appointed-new-ep-of-7-30-20150318-1m1tx1 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref> replacing Sally Neighbour. In 2017 she was appointed Editor of ABC Investigations.
===Overview=== * 2000 ''Media Watch'', Researcher * 2001 ''Four Corners'', Researcher, Producer and Associate Producer * 2008 ''Media Watch'', Executive Producer * 2010 ''Lateline'', Supervising Producer * 2012 ''7.30'', Commissioning Editor * 2013 ABC, Editor for the National Reporting Team<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-21 |title=ABC News expands its national reporting team |url=http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/abc-news-expands-its-national-reporting-team/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330120112/http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/abc-news-expands-its-national-reporting-team/ |archive-date=2018-03-30 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=ABC |language=en-AU}}</ref> *2015 ''7.30'', Executive Producer *2017 Editor, ABC Investigations
==Awards== While at Four Corners Puccini was joint winner of three Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puccini, Jo |url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/bios/?entity_id=AWE2823 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Australian Women's Register |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* 2002 Walkley Award (All Media) – Social Equity Journalism – Highly Commended, with Liz Jackson and Morag Ramsay, 'Putting The Children At Risk', Australian Broadcasting Corporation * 2003 Walkley Award (Television) – TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary Or Special (More Than 20 Minutes) with Debbie Whitmont – 'About Woomera', Australian Broadcasting Corporation * 2005 Walkley Award (All Media) – International Journalism, with Sally Neighbour and Lin Buckfield, 'The Kilwa Incident', Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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