Virginia Trioli is leaving the Australian Broadcasting Corporation after almost three decades, according to corroborated reports. She joined the ABC in 1999, as reported by smh.com.au, and has spent 40 years in Australian journalism overall. Trioli said she has built up enough goodwill and is in a reasonably good financial position to leave the ABC, according to smh.com.au. She also said she has personal creative projects she wishes to pursue, as reported by gdelt, and expressed that her gratitude for the ABC exceeds the word 'grateful', according to gdelt. Trioli questions the timing of leaving her job to pursue personal ambitions.