Janette Young is an experienced writer and journalist who has worked in the UK and Australia.
She lived in Surrey, London and Sussex in the UK before moving to Australia.
In the UK, she worked with The Times of London and the Press Association in Fleet St, the Croydon Advertiser Series, South London Press, Hastings and St Leonard’s Observer, Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser and Western Evening Herald.
Since moving to Australia, Janette has worked in Western Australia with The West Australian and The Sunday Times, and in Queensland with The Courier-Mail, APN News & Media and the Today News Group.
She has been part of the charitable and not-for-profit sector since 2010, in program development and strategic communications, and as a director on several Boards. Janette also sat as a volunteer on a business mentoring panel for a decade.
She lives in Queensland with husband Simon, dog Alfie and cat Storm, and has two adult sons.