Profile: Michelle Guthrie

By Megan Lehmann
The Weekend Australian Magazine
May 28, 2016

There are five reasons Michelle Guthrie should not have been handed the top job at the Australian Broadcasting ­Corporation. One: she’s been out of the country for 13 years. Two: she has zero experience in journalism and public broadcasting. Three: she spent 14 years with News Corporation. Four: her most recent job was at tech giant Google. Finally, no woman has held the position in the public broadcaster’s 84-year history. It’s a damning inventory. Surprisingly enough, it was compiled by Guthrie herself, and she didn’t keep it in her head either.
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