Tracy Vos appointment as Today show newsreader in 2020 is not just part of a breakfast TV shakeup, but symbolic of progress towards greater media representation of Australias multicultural population.

Sydney-based entrepreneur, influencer and journalist Jody Phan says seeing another Vietnamese-Australian face on prime-time TV is a wonderful step forward for media diversity , as she cant recall a relatable figure like Vo on her screen while growing up.

I was constantly seeing celebrities who were blonde and white on TV screens and magazines so thats all that I had to look up to, she told HuffPost Australia.