Jillian Whiting

Jillian Whiting is an Australian television presenter.

Whiting has previously been a presenter on Nine News Queensland.

Early life Whiting was born in Mackay, Queensland on 12 July 1971, moving with her family to Brisbane after her parents divorced. The move enabled her brother Chris to attend university and so she could attend high school in Brisbane.

Career After graduating from the University of Queensland, Whiting took up a position as a research assistant in 1991 with Seven Brisbane where she later became a reporter and weekend news presenter for Seven News. She later returned to presenting on weekends following the birth of her first child.

In 2006 she became presenter of the Gold Coast edition of Nine Gold Coast News after production moved to Brisbane, and soon after assumed role as presenter of Extra, Nine's local tabloid current affairs program.

In January 2009, Jillian returned to Seven Brisbane where she became a presenter on Queensland Weekender, a fill-in presenter on Seven News Brisbane and occasional Sunrise reporter. which has included establishing her own media consulting business.

Whiting has a sister and a brother, Chris.

In 2009, Whiting said she regretted keeping her maiden name when she married her husband.