Ally Langdon's emotional tribute to late father-in-law as she finally wins first individual Logie

After more than a decade breaking some of the country's biggest stories on 60 Minutes and A Current Affair, Nine's Ally Langdon has won her first individual Logie Award.

Taking out the Silver Logie for Best News or Public Affairs Presenter, Langdon accepted her gong in an emotional speech in which she paid tribute to her family, loved ones and fellow journalists.

Langdon's speech, given through tears, began: "When you hear all those names and you definitely don't then expect yours to be the one called out, and for the likes of Speersy [David Speers] and Sarah [Ferguson], four of us who went through 60 Minutes..."

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"I love journalism, I love the show that I work for. It's just an extraordinary team and I think sometimes people might have an idea [of] what A Current Affair [is] and we do love to chase a dodgy builder," Langdon, who stepped up to helm the program after Tracy Grimshaw stepped back in 2022, continued.

"But you just saw there the interviews where we sit down with the likes of Richard Scolyer, who is now our current Australian of the Year.

"We shine a light on things like domestic violence and things that are important to us. And the most extraordinary team, everything we do is with heart and soul. If a story doesn't have heart and soul, we just don't do it."

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Langdon then shouted out her late father-in-law Mike Willesee, who presented the show in the '90s. He died aged 76 in 2019, three years before Langdon took the chair.

"I look at those who've sat in this chair before me. Right back to my father-in-law at the start of this show, and it will be wonderful if he could have seen the family connection and where that played out, but to Trace, who I love, who is the one who always said that people who don't like our show don't know our show," Langdon said.

She concluded: "To Mike Munro, Ray Martin, to everyone who has been in this role, thank you, and to just bloody good journalism, thanks, guys."

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