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 Kellie Sloane (nee Connolly) 
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Postby locky1 » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:47 pm


Job for you back home Kelly


ABC Journalist - Collinswood Adelaide
MyCareer Australia - Adelaide SA
Collinswood, Adelaide $62,776 - $74,713 p.a. + Super ABC News South Australia is looking for a talented, experienced radio news presenter/producer to work in the Adelaide newsroom.


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Postby Mr Flippy » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:11 pm


locky1 wrote:
Job for you back home Kelly


ABC Journalist - Collinswood Adelaide
MyCareer Australia - Adelaide SA
Collinswood, Adelaide $62,776 - $74,713 p.a. + Super ABC News South Australia is looking for a talented, experienced radio news presenter/producer to work in the Adelaide newsroom.


I suppose that's an option, but Kellie would have to take a massive paycut to accept that number. I reckon she'd be on close to 175 K a year. And after working in the news big smoke like Sydney, returning to a comparative news backwater such as Adelaide at this stage of her career wouldn't be very exciting for her.

It's a shame that Channel 9 boned her. I enjoyed her work. She's probably approaching 40 and like that Christine Spiteri they fired and who then took them to court, the industry emphasis seems to be on getting the younger and hot girls coming through, the likes of Alicia Gorey (a star), Amelia Adams, Wendy K etc. Leila McKinnon should be OK as she's hot and married to the boss so has 2 major qualities that Channel 9 would regard highly. That offsets the dreaded 40 year age marker that she's only 2 or so years away from.

Channel 7 are a bit more patient and loving towards their older female newsreader gals. Look at Jennifer Keyte, Ann Sanders and Chris Bath - all going strong in their early 50s and mid 40s. And Rebecca Maddern has the big white teeth and massive breasts that will carry her far.


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Postby salt » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:16 pm


It is incredible that Ann Sanders has lasted this long, she looks at least 10 years older than she actually is. Good to see Channel 7 keep someone for their newsreading abilities rather than their looks which can't be said for channel 9 with Kellie unfortunately...


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Postby meperson » Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:11 pm


kirkbright wrote:
Yeah, that and having Graham Richardson giving the 'Week in politics' report. Like putting Dracula in charge of the bloodbank. Why don't 9 have either unbiased reporting or at least give each party . . . and independents fair share of airtime? :mad:


Yeah, apart from having Richardson on, they are always talking up the coalition. :evil:


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Postby Can_I_Poke_U » Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:34 pm


How our Kellie Connolly was `boned' by Nine

* From: Sunday Mail (SA)
* August 15, 2010 12:00AM

NEWSREADER and former Barossa Valley girl Kellie Connolly has spoken for the first time about being axed in Nine's infamous ``boning room'' hours after discovering she was pregnant.

Writing for the Sunday Mail, the 37-year-old mother-of-two also says female TV journalists are still subjected to intense scrutiny about their appearance, and routinely urged to lose weight.

''My journalistic talents were not nearly as important as the presenting skills and how I looked,'' the 13-year Nine veteran says of her first role as host of Money.

''I returned early from a shoot one day to find all the camera crew and producers discussing how to film me in a more flattering light. The bosses on the third floor thought I was too fat. It was humiliating.''

The presenter, who left Nine last month when Nightline was axed, said she was instructed to wear ``lower-cut tops and higher-cut skirts to show off my `best assets'.''


Here she tells of her rollercoaster ride
My triumphs, turmoil and tears

It takes you to the intimidating executive level on the third floor, where all the big decisions are made. It's where TV programs are born, where stars are made and where on-air talent is inevitably shown the door.

As the lift inched its way up, I had a sinking feeling it would be my last journey there.

That morning had started well. An early pregnancy scan. A beautiful heartbeat. My husband and I were having our third baby.

With the first blurry photo of my baby in hand, I walked out of the clinic on a high - until I checked my phone messages: ``Mark would like you to come in early for a meeting.''

Mark Calvert is the network's director of news and current affairs. A formal meeting was unusual. A phone call to his PA confirmed the meeting was to be on the third floor in the small boardroom. I knew then exactly where I stood.

We jokingly referred to that place as the ``boning room''. Sure enough, as I walked in, I saw the HR official and the faces of my two bosses.

They told me my show, Nightline, was being axed and I was being made redundant. They were sorry. I asked about my colleagues. They would be kept on.

So, I went back down that glass lift more upset than I had imagined. To be honest, I had wanted to leave for some time. In fact, I'd even asked for a redundancy eight months before and had been rejected.

The journey began in 1991 when I was lured from ABC TV in Adelaide by then network news director at Nine, Peter Meakin.

When I moved to Sydney Nine put me up in an apartment that overlook the harbour and the city lights.

But my delusions of grandeur quickly collapsed when the reality of lifestyle TV dawned on me. My journalistic talents were not nearly as important as how I looked.

I returned from a shoot one day to find the camera crews and producers in a meeting discussing how to film me in a more flattering light.

The bosses on the third floor thought I was too fat. It was humiliating. I was an average weight girl - a size 12 and quite tall - but in lifestyle TV back then, that was huge.

It was decided I would be shot from the waist up in future and perhaps I should join a gym. The network stylist told me to wear lower-cut tops and higher skirts to show off my ``best assets''.

The advice bordered on ridiculous at times. For the Logies, we were all told to remove our undies, because Nine girls were classy and had no VPL (visible panty line).

You had to laugh. But, I was quickly coming to realise that it wasn't a world I was comfortable in, so I worked hard on a transition to A Current Affair.

A committee of men was formed to figure out what women would like to watch on TV because our demographics were slipping. The men decided to run a story on bras - with a promo with tits!

In my years at Nine, I was aiming at one thing - a chance to have a go in the host's seat at Today. The opportunity came after reading the news alongside Sarah Murdoch, who'd joined the team for a short stint.

When her time finished I was asked to co-host with Karl Stefanovic. It was the most exciting, challenging time of my career. Much to my embarrassment, one of the main things people remember about my time on the show was my on-air collapse during a cooking segment. Fortunately the camera wasn't on me as I fell, but the before and after shots replayed on YouTube for months.

I had only recently lost a baby after miscarrying at 10 weeks and hadn't recovered.

Those 10 weeks had felt like an eternity. Names were picked. A nursery planned. Then, at a routine obstetrician's appointment, I knew something was wrong when my doctor stayed silent during an ultrasound.

''Can you see anything?'' I asked nervously. ``Yes, but not quite what I should be. I'm sure there's nothing wrong, but to be sure we'll send you straight to another clinic for a better picture,'' he said.

I called my husband, Adam, to join me and the next ultrasound confirmed what we feared. There was no heartbeat. So that afternoon I was booked into hospital. I returned to work after one day off unprepared for how empty and sad I felt. The loss was so raw and I felt so alone in my grief. While on Nightline only recently, I suffered a second loss, although much earlier than the last and far less emotionally painful. I was sad to leave the show, but grateful to return to more family-friendly hours.

I fell pregnant again and the daytime news audience watched my belly grow before Lachie - my second son - came into the world.

Nine's newsroom is a younger on-air mix these days. The style of 6pm news is more like the A Current Affair of five years ago. But, in between the live crosses and all the razzle dazzle, there's less space for important information. The 6pm news has become fast food. They're easy to digest, but short of nutrition.

I make that generalisation with a waiver. Nine's experienced journalists could still teach many ABC reporters a thing or two about story-telling, speed and delivery.

Young women in the industry are still being told they could lose a kilo or two.

A gorgeous wannabe reporter recently told me she'd been given the card of a cosmetic surgeon to plump up one side of her lip because it seemed a bit smaller than the other side.

Nightline was a quality bulletin, but we were frequently on air live past midnight. It was suffering a slow death and when it was finally axed, I was happy to go, too.

My day on the show would begin at 4.30pm and finish just after midnight. By the time I came down from the high of being live on air, I was rarely in bed before 1am. The kids woke at 6am and I was with them until I tag-teamed with the babysitter late in the day, before Adam took over.

Leaving Nine has filled me with a new sense of purpose. All those dream projects filed away in my ``ideas folder'' are being dusted off.

I leave Nine with no regrets, no enemies and no bitterness.


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Postby camelfeet » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:45 pm


Can_I_Poke_U wrote:
The network stylist told me to wear lower-cut tops and higher skirts to show off my ``best assets''.


Great advice. :cool:


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Postby Canteen-Joker » Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:03 pm


Any new kelly gorgeous caps lately? :grin:


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Postby bluedog » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:20 am


Going by her appearance this morning on the 'Morning Show' with Kylie n Larry, Kellie must have signed up to a Seven retainer?? She was lookin' preetty damn cute too!! :grin:


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Postby salt » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:40 am


How many months pregnant is she?


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Postby critic » Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:11 pm


Well that is Tracey Spicer all over again isn't.

Top of the game, reading one of the major bulletins, get pregnant and/or reach 40 years old, bye bye you are gone, another network gives you a gig.

It is a vicious circle. Maybe 7 can get Kellie onto Weekend SUNRISE next year at least now that Sarah may not be free to do it :?:


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