Melissa Doyle AM

Melissa Doyle is one of the best known and trusted voices and faces in Australian media with more than 30 years experience. She is an award-winning journalist, news presenter, television host, radio host, author and emcee.

With a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Charles Sturt University, Melissa began her career on television in Canberra in 1990 before joining the Seven Network in 1995.

Over the next 25 years, Melissa held a number of high profile positions, most notably 14 years as co-host of Australia’s number one breakfast show Sunrise, during which time she covered significant news events such as Federal Elections, Olympic Games, the Beaconsfield Mine disaster, the inauguration of President Obama and the election of Pope Francis.

Melissa then joined the Seven News team as Senior Correspondent and in 2015 she and the team were recognised with a Walkley, a Logie and three international Edward R. Murrow Awards for their coverage of the Lindt café siege.

Melissa then moved to host and senior correspondent for Seven’s flagship public affairs program, Sunday Night until 2019.

In 2022 Melissa was handed the big red book as host of ‘The Is Your Life”.

In 2025 she will return to our screens to host a prime-time series on health and wellness.

In 2021 Melissa launched her first audio documentary series “Age Against the Machine and wrote the book “How to Age Against The Machine” following its success.
She has also written three other books, “The Working Mothers Survival Guide” her best selling memoir “Alphabet Soup” and “15 Seconds of Brave”

Melissa is the host of the weekend breakfast show on Smooth FM and has won ACRAs for Best Newcomer and Best Music Presenter.

In the 2016 Australia Day Honours List, Melissa was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her “significant service to the community through representational roles with a range of charitable groups, and to the broadcast media.”

She is the National Patron for Make A Wish and ambassador for World Vision, The Alannah and Madeline Foundation and Westmead Children’s Hospital, Melissa serves on the GWS Giants board and the club’s number one ticket holder.

Melissa lives in Sydney with her family, her husband John, son Nick, daughter Talia and adorable border collie Maggie.

Melissa Doyle Speaks About

Connections happen to us every day. From the way we buy our morning coffee to how we interact with our co-workers, the tools we use to ‘make a connection’ are critical.

Melissa Doyle has spent a lifetime making connections with people in order to tell their stories. Politicians, athletes, criminals, victims of crime – all these interactions start at the same point – with a connection. And for a television journalist there is one more invisible connection – the viewing audience.

So how does this professional skill translate into another arena and how can you apply this skill in your business every day? Melissa will talk about some of the connections she has made in her career and share her secrets to making a meaningful connection.

You can expect to learn many things from Melissa including these 3 key learnings:

1. Why connecting with the people we meet is as important for us as it is them
2. The people that impacted me and why
3. How I recognised what I thought were my weaknesses were in fact my strengths