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'{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name --> | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|8|8}} | birth_place = [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | nationality = Australian | other_names = | partner = | children = 2 | parents = | occupation = News presenter, journalist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Jacinta Tynan''' (born 8 August 1969) is an Australian news presenter and journalist. Tynan has previously been a news presenter on [[Sky News Australia]] == Career == She started her career as a snow reporter for [[Thredbo]] before working as a reporter/weather presenter with [[WIN Television|Win TV]], [[Canberra]]. Prior to joining [[Sky News Australia]] in 2005, she worked at [[ABC Television (Australia)|ABC Television]], where she reported and presented for ABC News and the ''[[7:30 Report]]''. She was also the anchorwoman for the ABC's International satellite TV service, the [[Australia Network]] (formerly known as ABC Asia Pacific). Tynan was a reporter for ABC News in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] and was a relief presenter for Australia Television News. She reported for ''[[Today Tonight]]'' on the [[Seven Network]], then worked as a producer for [[Associated Press Television News|APTN]] and [[Access Hollywood]] in [[London]]. She has a Bachelor of Communications from [[Charles Sturt University]], [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]], majoring in [[broadcast journalism]]. During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station [[2MCE]]-FM. Tynan also studied acting at the [[Vancouver Film School]] in [[Canada]] and has written and starred in two [[short film]]s, one of which was selected as a [[Tropfest]] semi-finalist in 2001. She also acted in ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' at [[Sydney]]'s [[Ensemble Theatre]] and starred in ''[[Closer (play)|Closer]]'' for the Darlinghurst Theatre Company. In May 2020, Tynan was made redundant from [[Sky News Australia]] after 18 years with the network.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacinta Tynan: ‘Something had to give’|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/jacinta-tynan-something-had-to-give/news-story/30070f403e3bd8a6b4674754378f3563|date=2020-05-23|website=www.dailytelegraph.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> == Personal life == Tynan is one of six children. Neither she nor any of her three sisters are married. In an interview on ''[[Today Tonight]]'' on 6 August 2007 she revealed that she has a fear of getting married, because her parents had a bad marriage. She is the grand-niece of [[John O'Grady (writer)|John O'Grady]] (Nino Culotta) who wrote the best-selling ''[[They're a Weird Mob]]''. Tynan is ambassador and a mentor for the Sister2Sister teenage mentor program with the Life Changing Experiences Foundation. Tynan and her partner Liam Timms have two sons,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/motherhood-x-2-still-easy-20111016-1ls6q.html | title = Motherhood x 2: still easy? | last = | first = | date = 17 October 2011 | department= life & style | newspaper= The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date= 14 August 2015 | quote = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/parenting-and-families/jacinta-tynan-on-what-her-babies-have-taught-her-20150425-1mtaof.html | title = Jacinta Tynan on what her babies have taught her | last = | first = | date = April 26, 2015 | website = Life & Love | publisher = Daily Life | access-date= 14 August 2015 | quote = }}</ref> the first of whom was born after Tynan went into labour while presenting the news on [[Sky News Australia]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/48hour-labour-and-zen-came-jasper-20091122-ithn | title = 48-hour labour and Zen came Jasper | last = Horton | first = Shelly | date = 23 November 2009 | department= entertainment celebrity | newspaper= Brisbane Times | access-date= 14 August 2015 | quote = }} </ref> She is a vocal critic of the existence of Chinese people, and called a Halloween costume by fellow journalist Caroline Marcus that depicted Chinese people as bat-eating savages "the best". Tynan likes to reminisce about the [[White Australia policy]] in her spare time. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070831132818/http://www2.skynews.com.au/onair/presenters/biog.aspx?page=4 Sky News Australia] {{SkyNewAustralia}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tynan, Jacinta}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian journalists]] [[Category:Charles Sturt University alumni]] [[Category:Vancouver Film School alumni]] [[Category:Sky News Australia reporters and presenters]] {{Australia-journalist-stub}}'