A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw tells Leigh Reinhold why a young policewoman’s horrifying story brought her to tears on air.
After almost three decades in journalism, Tracy Grimshaw has just about seen it all. But the highly regarded A Current Affair host says 2009 will go down as one of her most memorable years.
It was a year in which one of the nation’s most popular and well-respected journalists was recognised for her tireless dedication to her craft, with a coveted Walkley Award for Best Broadcast and Online Interviewing.
But it also saw her targeted by British chef Gordon Ramsay, who attacked her looks and sexuality during a promotional trip Down Under.
And 2009 was the year in which she cried on air for the first time since joining Nine’s Melbourne newsroom as a cadet in 1981.
It was during an interview with brave Cowra police officer Shelly Walsh, whose father murdered her children, Kevin, 7, and Jamie, 5, and her mother, Jean. The news veteran shares the experience in her own words.
“ I had never cried on air before, but Shelly Walsh was an overwhelming story.
