With 25+ years shaping Australia’s wellness media landscape, Jacqui Mooney (jacquimooney.com) combines editorial rigor with community impact. As editor of Prevention Magazine Australia and Women’s Health Australia, she’s pioneered preventive health narratives through:
“Authenticity trumps virality—our readers trust us to filter noise from genuine health breakthroughs.”
We’ve followed Jacqui Mooney’s 25-year career as a transformative voice in Australian health journalism. Starting as a features writer for lifestyle magazines, she quickly gravitated toward evidence-based wellness reporting. Her editorial leadership at Prevention Magazine Australia (2012–2017) redefined how publications approach midlife health, launching campaigns like National Prevention Week that generated $10M in awareness funding [8].
Mooney’s 2017–2022 tenure as editor-in-chief of Women’s Health Australia marked a watershed moment. She spearheaded the brand’s expansion into experiential media through events like Fit Night Out and podcasts interviewing Paralympian Jess Gallagher [8]. Her crowning achievement—the 2019 global cover exclusive with Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky—ran simultaneously in 22 international editions, showcasing Australian health narratives on a unprecedented scale [8].
This Byron Bay-shot feature coincided with Hemsworth’s Centr app launch, blending celebrity access with practical fitness insights. Mooney’s narrative framed high-intensity training as accessible through 15-minute daily commitments—a deliberate shift from extreme fitness culture. The piece’s global syndication demonstrated her ability to balance commercial partnerships with authentic health messaging [8].
As editor of Prevention, Mooney orchestrated annual campaigns uniting NGOs, medical bodies, and brands like Garnier. The 2016 ovarian cancer initiative became a case study in impact journalism, driving a 40% YoY increase in early screening registrations through survivor-led storytelling [8].
Published in the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology (2024), this research article reflects Mooney’s academic rigor. Collaborating with sports psychologists, she analyzed mindfulness techniques among Olympians—a natural extension of her Women in Sport Awards work [6][5].
Mooney prioritizes approaches bridging physical/mental health, like corporate mindfulness programs that reduce workplace injuries. Her 2023 piece on ergonomic yoga for nurses exemplifies this lens—pitch interventions with measurable outcomes across wellness categories [8].
She consistently platforms First Nations health innovators and researchers studying menopausal women’s metabolic changes. A successful 2024 pitch featured a Torres Strait Islander nutrition program reducing gestational diabetes rates by 34% [3].
Her Samsung-partnered wearable tech comparison series (2022) set the standard for branded content—seek partnerships offering readers free health risk assessments or personalized meal plans [8].
Mooney’s analysis of Scandinavian sauna protocols adapted for Australian climates (2023) received industry acclaim. Pitches should contextualize international research within Pacific healthcare infrastructures [8].
She rejects “28-day detox” stories in favor of longitudinal studies—like her 5-year investigation into workplace standing desks’ cardiovascular benefits [3].
“Mooney’s work represents the gold standard in translational health journalism.” — 2024 Australian Medical Media Awards Jury Statement
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