Residence Australia Name Julia Zaetta | Role Journalist | |
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Full Name Julia Anita Zaetta Alma mater University of Melbourne Occupation Magazine Editor
Journalist Known for Better Homes and Gardens (non-consecutively 1985 – present)
Family Circle (1986–1990)
Women's Weekly (2005–06)
Numerous other magazines and books for Murdoch Magazines and Pacific Publications (2000–present) Education Genazzano FCJ College, University of Melbourne | ||
Julia Anita Zaetta (; born) is an Australian journalist, and magazine editor. Currently Editor of Better Homes and Gardens, "Australia's favourite homemaker magazine" and Family Circle for Pacific Magazines and over the last 17 years, has been involved an exciting partnership with the top-ratied Better Homes and Gardens show on Channel Seven.
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Early years
She was born in Mildura in country Victoria to Italian immigrant, Francesco "Frank" Zaetta, and the daughter of Italian immigrants, Doreen Civelli. Education was a very important part of life for the formally educated Frank and he moved his family to Melbourne so that his daughters, Louise and Julia, could have access to the standard of schooling that wasn't available in country Victoria at the time. Her sister, Louise Zaetta-Thomas, became a copy writer and author, writing the controversial book on growing up Catholic, For Christ's Sake (1980, ISBN 0867570156) and the novel Land of Gold and Silver, inspired by interest in her Italian forebears.
Education
After attending Genazzano FCJ College in Melbourne, Victoria, she studied at the University of Melbourne, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree. Whilst at university, she worked as a book editor for Hawthorn Press, producing many books on a variety of subjects. Post-graduation, she studied at the Comitato Linguistico in Perugia, Italy, the New York School of Interior Design, and a summer school in English Literature at Oxford University.
Magazines
Her magazine career began with Australian Home Journal and a move from Melbourne to Sydney, where she has lived through her various magazine and television career developments. She has been editor of:
Television
She has also been extensively involved in television as the host of the magazine spin-off Family Circle TV, a daily "live" daytime programme, and also as a regular panelist of the Seven Network's Sunrise, as one of Kochie's Angels.
Personal life
Julia lives in Manly, with her son, Gianni.
Awards
Under her editorship, Better Homes & Gardens has been named Australian Magazine of the Year on three occasions and runner-up on another:
The Satchel Awards:
"Also big on personality is Julia Zaetta, editor of the top-selling Better Homes & Gardens, which turns in a positive report card to publisher Pacific Magazines every time the circulation and readership data rolls around. It is almost getting embarrassing."