Georgie Tunny leaves ABC for Flash

News Breakfast journalist Georgie Tunny has departed ABC after 8 years to join news streaming service Flash.

With more than a decade’s experience reporting across news, sport and entertainment for the ABC, The Project and FOX Sports, she becomes host of the daily ‘News Flash’ segments.

News Flash segments capture the day’s biggest news and headlines from across more than 20 news sources including Al Jazeera, BBC World News, Bloomberg TV, CNN International, FOX News Channel, France24 and SKY News Australia.

Flash Executive Director, Kate de Brito said: “Georgie is a young, bright news reporter who has been doing a tremendous job reporting on the news for ABC’s national breakfast TV program.

“We are thrilled to have someone of her calibre join the Flash team, bringing her passion and background as a trusted national news reporter, to Australia’s newest and biggest news streaming service as host of our new News Flash segments.

“News Flash segments will make it even easier for Australians to stay up to date with breaking news from over 20 news sources, demonstrating the power of Flash as a news aggregator. ”

Flash is available on mobile, tablet, PC or TV, with no lock-in contracts for just $8 per month. Built on the same technology platform as Kayo Sports and BINGE, users can take advantage of innovations including: Personalisation, allowing users to follow the opinions, topics and news that matter to them and FlashLists, the ability to create and save stories to watch later. More features will soon be available including FlashPoint, providing every angle of every story and FlashNav, getting straight to the big moments of stories faster.