Daniela Ritorto | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, presenter |
| Notable credit(s) | ABC News BBC World News andSpecial Broadcasting Service |
Daniela Ritorto is an Australian journalist, presenter and communications consultant.[2] Ritorto was previously the Chief Political Correspondent and Parliament House Bureau Chief for theSpecial Broadcasting Service.[3] Originally Ritorto worked for theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia, and in London forBBC World News. While working atBBC World News, she hosted a variety of programmes. She returned to Adelaide in 2018 and was the media and communications manager for energy companySantos Limited before leaving in 2019.[4]
When Ritorto started work for theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation, she was the news presenter for 1062 ABC Local Radio Riverland in 2003 until 2004,[5] when she moved to South Australian politics forABC News. Ritorto stayed for a number of years before moving to London to work for theBBC.
AtBBC World News, Ritorto has been the presenter for a number of programmes[6] including the main weekend overnight presenter ofBBC World News which is broadcast onBBC News in the UK, around the world onBBC 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 ofNewsday,World News Today, &Outside Source primarily on a relief/need-by-need basis.[1] However, in January 2016 Ritorto posted onto Twitter that she had returned to Australia and had left the BBC after 5 years of service.[7]
Ritorto is married toALP politician and Minister for Health and Aged CareMark Butler.[8][9]