ABC NEWS names Dani Isdale as new Executive Producer for 7.30 – ABC NEWS has named a new Executive Producer for prime-time current affairs flagship 7.30, with Dani Isdale taking over the key role in June.
Isdale has 26 years of experience as a journalist working in Australia, the US and for the past decade at UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 News.
Currently Isdale is Channel 4’s Deputy Head of Foreign and Commissioning Editor of its award-winning Foreign Film Fund. She also works as a Program and Duty Editor and last year launched global affairs vodcast TrumpWorld.
Isdale has run both the Washington and Westminster bureaux and her team’s coverage of conflicts in the Middle East, Europe and Africa has won international recognition, including BAFTA, News Emmy and Royal Television Society awards.
Born and raised in North Queensland, she began her journalism career as a cadet reporter with Network 10 in Townsville, going on to be a state reporter, federal politics reporter, national correspondent, Europe and Middle East correspondent and presenter. She subsequently worked for SBS World News and Dateline.
7.30 is presented by Sarah Ferguson and airs Monday to Thursday with a 2026 average nightly total TV audience of 885,000 viewers, which is up 4 per cent year-on-year*.
Justin Stevens, ABC Director News:
“Working with Sarah Ferguson and the 7.30 team is a big job and a vitally important role. 7.30 is going from strength to strength, growing audiences on broadcast and digital. It’s a key priority for the ABC, a pillar of prime-time that also bolsters our coverage across other national platforms. Dani brings exceptional experience and credentials and I’m delighted to have her on board.”
Dani Isdale:
“Joining Sarah and this exceptional team is a real privilege. 7.30 has spent four decades setting the standard for interviews, investigations and storytelling at home and abroad. I’m looking forward to building on that legacy and finding new audiences across all platforms.”
*Source: VOZ National, Total TV, Content Consolidation 28 days as at 04/03/2025. 7.30 refers to Mon-Thurs regular programming not including Friday specials.
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ABC NEWS names Dani Isdale as new Executive Producer for 7.30
