Name Michael Idato Education Waverley College | Role Columnist | |
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Michael Idato is an Australian television critic and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
He has worked previously at The Daily Telegraph, and at The Sunday Telegraph between 1995 and 1999 as a writer and columnist. Between 1992 and 1996 he was also the film critic for Australian Penthouse Magazine. He joined The Sydney Morning Herald in 2000.
Since 2003 he has been a juror for the International Emmy Awards, given out by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which honor excellence in international television programming. He is also a juror for the Astra Awards, which honor excellence in cable television programming [1].
Since 2005 he has hosted a daily webshow [2] discussing television with fellow critic Doug Anderson.
He attended Waverley College.