1. Career
    Early life  Nine Network 

2. Personal life

3. Controversy

4. Filmography

5. Awards

6. Suit incident

7. References

8. External links

Career

Early life

Stefanovic studied journalism at university, but after earning his degree could not secure a cadetship.^[3] At his father's suggestion, he auditioned for NIDA, but did not make the final cut despite making it through a few rounds of auditions.^[3] Although he was encouraged to re-apply for the following year, he took up a job offer from WIN Television in Rockhampton instead.^[3]

In 1994, he began working for WIN in Rockhampton and Cairns as a cadet reporter.^[4]

In 1996, Stefanovic took up a position with TVNZ as a reporter for One Network News in New Zealand. In 1998, Stefanovic returned to Australia with a job reporting and presenting for Ten News in Brisbane, and also acted as a fill-in news presenter for Ron Wilson in Sydney.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

Nine Network

In 2000, Stefanovic moved to the Nine Network as a reporter and back-up presenter for National Nine News in Brisbane. He received a Queensland Media Award for Best News Coverage for his report on the Childers backpacker hostel fire in 2000. His reports on the 2001 Warragamba bushfires from Sussex Inlet in January 2002 led to his appointment to Nine's Sydney newsroom, and he was involved in the coverage of the 2003 Canberra bushfires.

In February 2005, Stefanovic replaced Today host Steve Liebmann and currently co-hosts the program with Georgie Gardner. He has been a fill-in host on A Current Affair for Tracy Grimshaw. In 2006, he participated in the Nine Network reality television show Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice. He eventually made it to the grand final of the show, but was beaten by Jake Wall by a viewer poll. In 2008, Stefanovic took over as host of Nine Network's Carols by Candlelight with Lisa Wilkinson replacing longtime host Ray Martin. He continued to host Carols by Candlelight until 2012, when he was replaced by David Campbell.

In 2011, along with his hosting role at Today, Stefanovic is a contributing reporter on 60 Minutes. More recently, Stefanovic began hosting a Sunday evening edition of A Current Affair (ACA Sunday).^[5] In December 2011 Stefanovic was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Investec LOYAL when it won line honours in the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.^[6] Stefanovic hosted the Nine Network's evening reports on the 2012 London Olympics.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

In December 2013, Stefanovic was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with his other celebrity crew members, Larry Emdur, Guillaume Brahimi, Tom Slingsby, Phil Waugh and Jude Bolton.^[7]

In October 2015, Stefanovic hosted television panel show The Verdict on the Nine Network. The weekly show mixed elements of successful programs The Project and Q&A but courted controversy with its line-up of panelists.^[8]

In July 2017, Stefanvoic began hosting This Time Next Year on the Nine Network.

In December 2018, the Nine Network announced Stefanovic will not be returning as a co-host of Today in 2019.

Personal life

Stefanovic was born in Darlinghurst, New South Wales to a Serbian-German father and an Australian mother.^[9] His younger brother, Peter Stefanovic, is a correspondent with 60 Minutes.^[10]

He was educated at St Augustines College (Cairns), Anglican Church Grammar School and the Queensland University of Technology, where he graduated with a degree in journalism in 1994.^[11]

Karl met journalist Cassandra Thorburn at a party in Rockhampton in 1995 and later married; they have three children together.^[12] In September 2016, it was revealed that Stefanovic had separated from his wife after 21 years;^[12] their divorce was finalised in October 2017.^[13]

In February 2018, Stefanovic made public his engagement to Jasmine Yarbrough.^[14] He married Yarbrough in December 2018, at a ceremony in Mexico described as "extravagant".

Controversy

In July 2016, Stefanovic attracted criticism from the LGBT community after using the word "tranny" and making a number of jokes deemed transphobic during a segment on Today. On 29 July 2016, a day after the segment, Stefanovic made a public apology on the show stating that "I was an ignorant tool,” and further explained that he was informed of how offensive the term was considered.^[15]

Filmography

Awards

At the 2011 Logie Awards, Stefanovic won two awards - the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality, and the Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter.

Suit incident

On 15 November 2014, Stefanovic revealed in an interview with Fairfax Media that he had been wearing the same suit on-air every day for a year, "except for a couple of times because of circumstance," as what he claimed to be an experiment in sexism. He claims that, while his female colleagues receive regular criticism for whatever they wear, nobody noticed his outfit the whole time. He did, however, vary his ties and shirts more regularly than his suit.^[16]

References

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070506034438/http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=172287 Karl Stefanovic profile at TODAY]
• [https://twitter.com/karlstefanovic Karl Stefanovic Twitter]
• {{IMDb name|1851630|Karl Stefanovic}}

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