Allison Langdon Biography
Allison Langdon is a television presenter, reporter, journalist, and author from Australia. She presently hosts A Current Affair and previously co-hosted Today and Weekend Today. Langdon also works as a reporter and presenter on the localized version of 60 Minutes.
How old is Allison Langdon? – Age
She is 43 years old as of 20 May 2023. She was born in 1979 in Wollongong, Australia.
Allison Langdon Education
Langdon attended Wauchope High School and MacKillop Senior College in Port Macquarie. During her stay at school, she hosted radio shows on the local community radio station 2WAY FM in Wauchope on Monday evenings. She studied journalism at Charles Sturt University after finishing high school and worked for the CBAA-run Australian Community Radio Network’s National Radio News service.
Allison Langdon Husband
Langdon announced her engagement to writer Michael Willesee, Jr., son of former A Current Affair host Mike Willesee, on August 26, 2007. Langdon married Willesee, Jr. in 2008. The couple welcomed a son in January 2017 and a daughter in March 2019.
Allison Langdon Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Allison Langdon 60 Minutes
She began working as a correspondent for the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes program in 2011. Langdon took over as co-host of Weekend Today in December 2017, succeeding Deborah Knight. She will also continue to report for 60 Minutes and fill in on Nine News Sydney and Today.
Allison Langdon Accident
In 2021, dramatic footage of Ally’s tragedy showed the blonde being dragged from the water by two male rescuers using her life vest. She was transferred to the hospital for treatment before being flown back to Sydney for a knee operation.
Allison Langdon Today Shows
She was hired as a news presenter on Today in early 2007, standing in for Georgie Gardner, who was on maternity leave for the first half of 2007. On Fridays later in 2007, Langdon frequently presented National Nine News: Morning Edition and National Nine News: Afternoon Edition bulletins. Langdon also gave bulletins during the summer of 2007-08. Langdon worked as a senior reporter in the Sydney newsroom and continued to fill in on Nine News and Today.
Langdon took over as co-host of Weekend Today in December 2017, succeeding Deborah Knight. She will also continue to report for 60 Minutes and fill in on Nine News Sydney and Today. The Nine Network announced in November 2019 that Langdon will begin hosting Today with Karl Stefanovic in January 2020.
Allison Langdon Book
Langdon also published her first book, The Child Who Never Was: Looking for Tegan Lane, in 2008, which investigated the murder of Tegan Lane, a newborn, by her mother, Keli Lane.
Allison Langdon Career
After earning her degree in journalism, Langdon interned at CBS in New York City and later joined the Nine Network. In 2001, she started working in media as a producer for Nightline. Langdon worked as a producer for the 6:00 p.m. National Nine News bulletin in 2002. Langdon moved to Nine’s Darwin newsroom in search of additional field work. During her first year in the Top End, she won the David Marchbank Award for best new journalist. Langdon covered news and Sunday program stories in Mexico and East Timor while working as a political reporter for the Northern Territory.
Following the attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in September 2004, Langdon was one of the first Australian journalists on the ground. All she recorded everyday for Nine’s notices. Langdon was criticized in February 2009 for reporting on the Black Saturday bushfires in Marysville, Victoria, where 34 people had been killed. Despite a police ban on entering the town, Langdon and her camera crew flew into the crime scene despite the town being sealed off.
