Welcome to Quick Q – Monday Media’s weekly Q&A series dedicated to finding out more about the personalities that matter most in the media landscape.

Every week, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age asks key figures across corporate media, business, sport, federal politics, radio, television and culture to answer questions about their lives, careers, hobbies and news habits.

This week’s conversation is with the NRL’s head of women’s elite football, Fiona Cerboneschi.

How did you get your big break?
That old saying, “it’s who you know”. I left News Corp after about 11 years there in mags, papers, sport and rugby league and Tiff Slater – who was running women’s elite football at the NRL then – called me up and asked if I wanted to join her team. I took the leap, and here I am!

What are daily news media habits?
I’m all about digital nowadays. I read through the daily league headlines on email each morning and have Sydney’s dailies as quick links on my homepage. Lots of refreshing through the day and checking apps when out and about. Still get the papers delivered on the weekends though.

Which living person do you most admire?
Any woman who’s had the strength to stay true to herself and call out the patriarchy and its detrimental impact on all of society – the likes of Jameela Jamil, Clementine Ford, Geena Davis, Michelle Obama, Beyonce, RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), Julia Gillard – all powerful, strong women in what they do and unafraid to speak up. We can all learn from them.

Your guilty streaming pleasure? Too many to name! We shamelessly have most of the streaming services set up. I’m late to the party but have just finished the American Office for the first time, and am also enjoying Ghosts – lighthearted and silly which can be just what you want at the end of a long day. Oh, I’m also a Bravo buff – Real Housewives, Below Deck – LOVE it.

Which phrase do you overuse?
“Right?” Feels like I’m constantly in a state of surprise about current events these days.

What did you want to do when you grew up?
Sports journalism. Tick, did it. I did a sports media degree with a minor in sports administration so working in sport was what I dreamt about and it’s now the next phase of my career too.

What was your first job?
As a teenager – Video Ezy. It was great job - free hire and you’d get to pick something to play on the screens in store during your shift. Straight out of uni I was at the Macleay Argus newspaper in Kempsey.