Jacinta Tynan

Who is Jacinta Tynan?

Jacinta Tynan is an Australian news presenter and journalist. Tynan is a news presenter on Sky News Australia, where she has been since 2005.

She started her career as a snow reporter for Thredbo before working as a reporter/weather presenter with Win TV, Canberra.

Prior to joining Sky News Australia she worked at 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. Tynan was a reporter for ABC News in 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 APTN and Access Hollywood in London.

She has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, majoring in broadcast journalism. During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM.

Jacinta also studied acting at the Vancouver Film School in Canada and has written and starred in two short films, 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 for the Darlinghurst Theatre Company.