Ms Nicolette Casella
Chief of Staff
The Daily Telegraph
Nicolette is Chief of Staff at News Ltd's The Daily Telegraph, where she manages 60 reporters to meet daily and long-term deadlines in one of Australia's busiest newsrooms. Reporters include state and Canberra-based political editors and overseas correspondents in bureaus including Jakarta, New York, Los Angeles and London. In the role she reports directly to the editor and briefs twice-daily executive conferences making it essential she is across all current news and issues.
Before being appointed COS in 2006, Nicolette was the paper's senior court reporter during which she covered NSW Supreme Court murder, gang rape, fraud and terrorism trials. She has also covered police, state politics, local government and entertainment rounds during the 10 years she has worked for News Ltd. She has a Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in Journalism and Politics, from Curtin University.