Humble, yet very excellent writer, broadcaster, speaker and advocate.
Aspires to be a cool and popular person.
Aspires to be a cool and popular person.
Antoinette Lattouf is a broadcaster, columnist, author, speaker, human rights advocate, mental health ambassador who dabbles in satire and is terrible at reverse parking.
Antoinette is the creator and co-host of ‘The Antoinettes’ podcast, a weekly commentary and comedy podcast. She is also the co-host of news and analysis podcast ‘The Briefing’.
The multi-award-winning journalist is the co-founder of Media Diversity Australia — a not-for-profit organisation working towards increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the media.
She can also be heard on ABC Sydney. Her columns appear in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, and Women’s Agenda.
Antoinette’s first book ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White People’ was published by Penguin Random House. It is a witty and approachable anti-racism guide and an honest exploration of the modern manifestations of systemic racism in Australia today, and how we, as a collective, can take steps to make change. Providing practical tools, using warmth, humour, and research to share evidence-based solutions that can be used by anyone.
In 2019, Antoinette was named among AFR’s 100 Women of Influence. In 2021 she was awarded a Women’s Agenda Leadership Award and B&T Women in Media’s Champion of Change. In 2022, she was an Influencer of the Year Finalist at the Third Sector Awards. In peer selected awards at her year 10 high school formal, Antoinette was awarded Most Likely To Die A Virgin.
Antoinette gave a TEDx talk in Sydney called ‘reverse discrimination doesn’t exist but tokenism does”. Here she tackled the pale, stale, male phenomena by adding what she dubbed ‘Gayle’ to the mix as a beneficiary of privilege and bias.
Antoinette is also an Ambassador for parent’s mental health organisation Gidget Foundation after experiencing debilitating post natal depression and anxiety with her second child. She now quite likes both of her children. Antoinette also appeared on ABC’s You Can’t Ask That, detailing her harrowing journey.
Antoinette has held reporting and presenting roles at Network 10, SBS, ABC and triple j.
She’s been a guest commentator on ABC’s Q&A, The Drum, Insiders, Sky News, Network 10’s The Project, Studio10, SBS’s Insight and The Feed.
Antoinette has also been a guest host for ABC’s Catalyst program.
Antoinette is a co-host and co-creator of ‘The Antoinettes’ podcast. One name, two smartasses and a new problem each week. The Antoinettes won’t always break bread.
‘The Antoinettes’ was launched in early 2024 in partnership with DM podcasts.
Antoinette is also the co-host of Listnr’s daily news and analysis podcast ‘The Briefing’.
The Briefing serves up the latest news headlines, with commentary and analysis, plus a deep dive into a topic affecting you.
Antoinette has worked in radio news and current affairs at SBS and the ABC. She also guest hosts ABC Sydney’s Morning, Afternoon and Evening shows.
Antoinette has also anchored special broadcast projects for the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Antoinette Lattouf is a TEDx speaker, mistress of ceremonies and keynote speaker who has worked with not-for-profits, writers festivals, charities, corporates, major brands and government agencies.
She’s hosted book launches, chaired panels, emceed fundraisers and taken part in national and international debates. She only swears, when absolutely necessary.
Antoinette is a regular contributor to some of Australia’s most reputable news outlets as well as writing for women’s online publications. From politics, property, parenting to not getting pissed read Antoinette Lattouf’s columns here.
Antoinette’s first book ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White People’ was published by Penguin Random House in May 2022. It is a witty and approachable anti-racism guide and an honest exploration of the modern manifestations of systemic racism in Australia today, and how we, as a collective, can take steps to make change. Providing practical tools, using warmth, humour, and research to share evidence-based solutions that can be used by anyone – from a seasoned advocate who is a person of colour, through to a suburban white teenager.
The storybook idea of family—dad, mum, kids, gran and grandpa—doesn’t always reflect the bonds that tie us most closely to one another in Australia today. Many of us, even those in traditional family structures, find that the people with whom we feel the greatest kinship—a godmother, a brilliant teacher, a tight-knit group of friends—have no biological connection to us.
The contributors to this collection, among the finest writers in Australia, pay tribute to the people who shaped them, and reimagine what family can mean in the twenty-first century. Forget the old, rigid definitions: this is a celebration of families in all the wonderful forms they may take.
Contributors: Alice Pung, J.P. Pomare, Rachael Treasure, Jackie French and Elaine Harris, Ellen van Neerven, Ruby Hamad, Jaclyn Crupi, Daniel Browning, Amy Remeikis, Leah Jing McIntosh, Antoinette Lattouf, Cath Moore, Oliver Reeson, Fiona Murphy, Shannon Burns, Andy Jackson, Daniel James and Oliver Twist.
Antoinette is the co-founder of Media Diversity Australia — a not-for profit organisation working towards increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the media.The charity advocates for greater diversity and inclusion in the media and provides a range of programs and resources including academic research, reporting handbooks, fellowships, mentorships and industry memberships.
Antoinette is also a mental health advocate and an ambassador for parent’s mental health organisation Gidget Foundation after experiencing debilitating post natal depression and anxiety with her second child. She now quite likes both of her children. Antoinette also appeared on ABC’s You Can’t Ask That, detailing her harrowing journey.
In addition to winning ‘Most Likely to Die a Virgin’ at her Year 10 formal, Antoinette is a
Walkley award finalist, and has won many awards for her journalism, advocacy and
leadership.