Wilhelmina’s tears ‘I FELT COMPLETELY LOST’
It’s almost a year since a heartbroken Wilhelmina Shrimpton signed off from her newsreading role on Newshub. She’d spent seven happy years at Three, cutting her teeth as a reporter before taking up the helm as presenter of the late news. Her colleagues were like family to her and the idea of leaving had never crossed the passionate journalist’s mind.
“I think that’s why it hit me so hard,” she tells Woman’s Day, reflecting on the year that’s been. Wilhelmina, 31, was just one of many to leave the media company amid a tumultuous period of change after being bought by Discovery.
“I loved my job, so to leave it was one
