Meet the new Stefanovic on the block: Karl’s glamorous cousin Katarina joins Channel Nine as a reporter in Far North Queensland
Karl Stefanovic‘s younger cousin Katarina has been hired by Channel Nine as a broadcast journalist in Cairns, Queensland.
She is now the fourth member of the family to be employed by the network, after Karl and his brothers, Peter and Tom.
The talented reporter, who hails from Wollongong and is in her mid-twenties, joined Nine News Far North Queensland in late 2019.
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Welcome to the family! Today host Karl Stefanovic’s younger cousin Katarina (pictured) has been hired by Channel Nine as a broadcast journalist in Cairns, Queensland
Katarina had previously worked as an executive producer at Sky News Australia and a reporter at 2GB in Sydney.
She is a graduate of the University of Wollongong.
On March 4, Katarina revealed on Instagram she had been stationed in Cairns for two months and had no regrets about the ‘daunting’ career move.
Debut: On Friday, Karl mentioned on air that he was related to Katarina while introducing her report on the financial impact of Queensland’s border closure on the tourism industry in Cairns
Media career: The talented reporter, who hails from Wollongong and is in her mid-twenties, joined Nine News Far North Queensland in late 2019. Pictured reporting from Cairns last week
Qualifications: Katarina is a graduate of the University of Wollongong. Pictured at her graduation with family members on November 5, 2016
She uploaded a photo of herself reporting on a Transport Workers’ Union protest at Cairns Airport, and wrote: ‘Two months up in FNQ already. A scary, daunting decision but one of the best career moves I’ve made.’
The post was liked by her cousin Peter Stefanovic, the co-anchor of Sky News’ politics-focused breakfast show, First Edition.
She had shared another Instagram post on February 16 from Palm Cove Beach, about 30 minutes’ drive from central Cairns.
‘Still can’t believe I live here now,’ she wrote in the caption. ‘Nothing but blue skies and beaches full of irukandji jellyfish.’
On Friday, Karl mentioned on the Today show that he was related to Katarina while introducing her report on the financial impact of Queensland’s border closure on the tourism industry in Cairns.
‘Struggling businesses in Far North Queensland facing a loss of up to $6million a day from interstate travel alone say the time in now [to reopen the border],’ he said.
‘And as my cousin and Nine reporter, Katarina Stefanović, reports, the uncertainty is killing tourism operators.’
It’s believed this was the first time Karl had disclosed his relation to Katarina on air.
Interestingly, the young journo pronounces her famous surname – which is of Serbian origin – differently to Karl.
Karl prefers the anglicised ‘Stef-un-oh-vick’, whereas Katarina goes by the more traditional ‘Stef-ahn-oh-vitch’.
She also includes the accented ‘c’ at the end of her surname, unlike Karl.
Katarina is the fourth Stefanovic to be employed by the Nine Network, not including those related by marriage.
As mentioned, her cousin Karl works as a co-anchor on the Today show and also hosts segments for 60 Minutes.
Karl’s brother Peter, who left the network 18 months ago, is a former foreign correspondent and hosted Weekend Today from 2016 to 2018.
Another of Katarina’s cousins, Tom, used to be a cameraman for Nine News.