Monika Kos

Monika Kos (born 19 July 1967, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.[1][2]

Kos is best known for presenting the Western Australian edition of the Seven Network's evening current affairs program Today Tonight from 1997 until it was axed in 2019.[3][4][5][6]

Kos studied at Loreto Nedlands and John XXIII College[7] and is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[8] She worked at Perth radio station 6PR in the late 1980s in various roles including as a presenter before she joined Channel 7 in Perth as a cadet journalist in 1990.[1]

In December 2019, it was announced Kos had joined Network Ten and would replace Narelda Jacobs as presenter of the Perth edition of 10 News First.[9][10][11]

In August 2020, Kos was made redundant by Network 10. She will present her final Perth-based 10 News First bulletin on 11 September before production of the state-based Perth bulletin moves to Sydney.[12]

Personal life

Kos was born 19 July 1967, the daughter of Friedrich Anton Kos (an architect and architectural photographer[13]) and Jane Margaret née Roper (a graphic artist and painter[14]).[15] Kos has an older half-brother, David, a farmer in Tasmania.[15] Kos is of Austrian descent,[1] her father was born in Vienna in 1926 and migrated to Australia in 1951 following World War II.[15]

Kos is married to Grant Willesee, a camera operator and son of Terry Willesee.[1][16][17]

References
  1. Tate, Lee (5 November 2017) Monika Kos celebrates 20 years at the helm of Channel 7 Perth's Today Tonight, Have a Go News. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. "TVW Roll Call". Western Australia Television History. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. Knox, David (9 June 2015) Today Tonight WA turns 20, TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. Knox, David (26 November 2019) Axed: Today Tonight, TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. "Strewth". The Australian. News Limited. 26 January 2004. p. 10. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. "For viewers, Munro remains a current affair". The Australian. News Limited. 20 February 2003. pp. B12. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. "John XXIII Alumni". John XXIII College. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  8. Ridley, Michelle (30 December 2010). "Students cut to the chase to succeed". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. Blackiston, Hannah (12 December 2019) Today Tonight's Moniko Kos joins Ten, Mumbrella. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  10. Knox, David (12 December 2019) Monika Kos joins 10 News in Perth, TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. "Ten News Perth signs Monika Kos, farewells Narelda Jacobs". Television.au. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  12. McKnight, Robert (11 August 2020). "BREAKING - REDUNDANCIES AT 10 NEWS AND CHANGES AT STUDIO 10". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  13. Kos, Fritz; Historical Records Rescue Consortium (1959). "Fritz Kos collection of photographs". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  14. "Jane Kos : Australian Art and Artists file". 1995. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  15. "Creativity in TV Host's blood". The West Australian. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  16. Channel 7's Monika Kos and Grant Willesee upgrade in Perth, Property Observer. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  17. "TVW Families". Western Australia Television History. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
Preceded by
Narelda Jacobs		 10 News First
Perth presenter
January - September 2020		 Succeeded by
Sandra Sully
from Sydney
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