Antoinette Lattouf

Antoinette Lattouf (Arabic نطوانيت لطوف) is an Australian-Lebanese journalist, host, author and diversity advocate. She has worked at Network Ten, ABC, SBS, Southern Cross Austereo and triple j and as a social commentator for various online and broadcast publications.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Antoinette Lattouf
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, columnist, TEDx speaker, presenter, host, diversity advocate
Known forDiversity advocate
Websiteantoinettelattouf.com

She is the co-host of The Briefing podcast,[9] and a columnist for Sydney Morning Herald.[10]

In 2019, she was listed in Australian Financial Reviews' 100 Women of Influence.

In 2021, she was awarded a Women’s Agenda Leadership Award and B&T Women in Media Champion of Change.[11]

In 2022, she gave her first TEDx Sydney talk.[12]

Early life and education

Lattouf's parents came to Australia as refugees from Lebanon in the 1970s.[13] She attended various public schools in Western Sydney and studied Communications (Social Inquiry) at the University of Technology, Sydney.[14]

Career

Advocacy

Lattouf co-founded Media Diversity Australia (MDA) in 2017.[15] The not-for-profit organisation seeks to increase cultural and linguistic diversity in Australia's news media. Advisory board members include Stan Grant, Waleed Aly, Hugh Riminton, Monica Attard, Talal Yassine and Tim Soutphommasane.

In 2020, MDA released their damning report about the lack of diversity in Australian television news and current affairs.[16] Lattouf was a co-author of 'Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories', Australian-first research led by MDA and conducted by Macquarie University, University of Sydney, Deakin University and Western Sydney University with partners Google and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance.

Lattouf advocates for more support and awareness for perinatal mental health after struggling with debilitating post natal depression and sharing her journey.[17]

She is also an ambassador for the Australian Thyroid Foundation after a Studio 10 television viewer noticed a lump on her neck and contacted Network 10. As a result Lattouf had surgery to remove the lump and was diagnosed with hashimoto's disease.[2]

Lattouf has spoken out about bullying and racism she experienced whilst working at SBS at the start of her career.[18][19][20]

Other work

In 2019, she was listed in Australian Financial Reviews 100 Women of Influence.[21]

Her first book, ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White people’ will be published by the Penguin Random House in early 2022.[22]

Controversy

In 2019, a comment breakfast television presenter Kerri-Anne Kennerley made to Lattouf was criticised by feminists and media commentators as 'slut-shaming'. Kennerely asked colleague Lattouf "Did you forget your pants today?" in reference to a playsuit Lattouf was wearing. Kennerley later suggested Lattouf was 'thirsty' a few minutes after the Studio10 panel had discussed it was another word for horny.[23]

Personal life

Lattouf is married and has two daughters.[24] Lattouf is a media personality, a diversity advocate, an author and a mental health ambassador.[25]

References
  1. "'It's tricky': Antoinette Lattouf on Sam Armytage's Sunrise replacement". au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. Khalil, Shireen (21 January 2020). "TV reporter alerted to throat cyst by viewer undergoes surgery and discovers another health issue". news.com.au.
  3. "Kerri-Anne Kennerley Privately Apologised To Journo Over 'Studio 10' Slut-Shaming Debacle". Pedestrian TV. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. "How do you talk to your NESB parents about their COVID vaxx hesitancy?". ABC Radio. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  5. "Duo shine a light on diversity". www.theaustralian.com.au. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ""Damaged Us And Left Scars": Former Journalists Call Out SBS For Racism & Bullying". B&T. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  7. "Ten reporter and high-profile diversity advocate Antoinette Lattouf isn't shy about making very public take-downs of her fellow journalists". Theaustralian. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. "2019 Women of Influence are champions of reinvention". Australian Financial Review. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  9. ""Antoinette Lattouf joins LiSTNR podcast The Briefing". Mediaweek. 2 March 2022.
  10. ""Antoinette Lattouf Sydney Morning Herald Column". Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. "Announcing The Women's Agenda Leadership Awards Winners 2021". B&T. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  12. "Reverse Discrimination? It doesn't exist…but 'tokenism' does". TEDxSydney. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  13. Lattouf, Antoinette (12 March 2016). "Postnatal Depression: Why couldn't my mother feel my pain?". ABC News. ABC.
  14. "Journalist, influencer, ambassador, advocate". University of Technology Sydney. 24 October 2019.
  15. "'I had to shoulder barge or kick my way in': Antoinette Lattouf's fierce pursuit for media diversity". Women's Agenda. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  16. Ma, Wenlei (16 August 2020). "Australian audiences are let down by TV networks' lack of diversity". news.com.au.
  17. Lattouf, Antoinette. "What I Never Knew About Post-Natal Depression". Marie Claire.
  18. Meade, Amanda; Zhou, Naaman (30 June 2020). "SBS staff urge leadership change as former journalists air claims of racism". The Guardian.
  19. "Watch This Journo Tell Q+A's Hamish Macdonald That Today's Australian Terrorists Look Like Him". Pedestrian TV. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  20. "'Rubbish': Cricketers urged not to kneel". dailytelegraph. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  21. "2019 Women of Influence are champions of reinvention". Australian Financial Review. 9 September 2019.
  22. "PRH acquires Lattouf's 'How to Lose Friends and Influence White People' | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  23. "Kerri-Anne Kennerley accused of 'slut-shaming' female colleague live on Studio 10". news.com.au. 14 December 2019.
  24. Taouk, Maryanne. "Channel 10 presenter shares her depression struggles after her second child". The Daily Telegraph.
  25. "ANTOINETTE LATTOUF: 'I couldn't stop thinking about death'". dailytelegraph.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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