Sarah Harris (journalist)
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Sarah Harris | |
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.jpg) Harris at the Anchorman 2 premiere in 2013 | |
| Born | 12 July 1981 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Caboolture State High School |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist |
| Employer | Network Ten |
| Known for | Studio 10 |
| Spouse |
Tom Ward (m. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
Sarah Harris (born 12 July 1981) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Harris is currently hosting Network Ten's Studio 10.
Early life
Harris is the eldest daughter of a single mother, with her father dying of prostate cancer at just 50 and sharing stories with her Croatian grandmother.[1] Harris grew up in a block of housing commission flats in Mt Druitt, a suburb of Sydney's west.[2]
Career
Harris has made guest appearances on Seven News, Today Tonight, Extra, National Nine News, Today, Weekend Today, Nine News, Mornings, The Project, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.
Harris studied journalism and international business at Queensland University of Technology. Her journalism career started in 1997 at the Seven Network in Brisbane, where she filed reports for Seven News and later Today Tonight.
In June 2001, she joined Prime Gold Coast News where she was a freelance television reporter and presenter. She then moved back to the Seven Network in Brisbane where she was a cadet news reporter and writer.[citation needed]
In 2002, Harris joined the Nine Network and became a reporter, researcher and fill-in presenter on Extra. She also joined National Nine News as a reporter and Today as Brisbane reporter and kissed by an other co host live on air.[citation needed]
She travelled the state to cover some of Queensland’s biggest news stories, delivering live reports from the scene of the Cairns Tilt Train derailment in November 2004, as well as Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s controversial state funeral in Kingaroy in 2005. She left Today in 2005 to become a reporter and fill-in presenter on National Nine News in Brisbane.
In 2007, Harris moved to Sydney to become a Today reporter and a fill-in news presenter. She was also a fill-in news presenter on Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News, Nine News Sydney and Weekend Today
In 2012, Harris was the main fill in presenter for Sonia Kruger on Mornings. She also filled in for Leila McKinnon on Weekend Today whilst she was on maternity leave.
In August 2013, she resigned from the Nine Network to join Network Ten's new morning program, Studio 10 as a co-host with Ita Buttrose, Joe Hildebrand and Jessica Rowe.[3] She has also been a fill in host on Network Ten program The Project
In November 2014, Harris was announced as the host of Shark Tank.[4]
In February 2016, Harris was welcomed to the No Agenda round table as a Black Dame by Adam Curry and John C Dvorak.[5]
On 31 October 2016, Harris gained a Guinness World Record for Most Pumpkins Smashed in One Minute while dressed as Wednesday from the Addams Family.
Personal life
On 19 July 2014, Harris married IT specialist Tom Ward in Sydney. Among those in attendance were her Studio 10 colleagues Ita Buttrose, Jessica Rowe, and Joe Hildebrand .[6]
In July 2015, Harris announced that she is pregnant with her first child.[7] She gave birth to son Paul on 16 December 2015.
Harris is also a former pack-a-day smoker, having quit in 2014.[8] However she was seen smoking with co-host Joe Hildebrand at the Logie Awards 2016. She claimed at that moment it was the first cigarette she had had since her pregnancy.
In June 2017, Harris announced that she is pregnant with second child. She gave birth to son Harry on 8 December 2017.
Harris has also stated that she is an avid lover of Mocassins shoes, her favourite pair being white high tops.
References
- ^ "How Sarah Harris went from housing commission to TV presenter", Daily Life (Australia), 29 June 2014.
- ^ "The real Sarah Harris", Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Channel Nine star Sarah Harris is joining the Ten network show Studio 10 ", The Daily Telegraph (Australia), 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Shark Tank 'Sharks' and Host Announced". Tenplay. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ http://adam.curry.com/html/NoAgendaEpisode798Da-1455223352.html
- ^ "Windy Wedding! TV girl Sarah Harris weds Tom Ward as wild winds lash Sydney", Daily Telegraph (Australia), 19 July 2014.
- ^ "The bra gave it away — Sarah Harris first suspected she was pregnant in a hilarious way". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Sarah Harris: “For far too long, it’s been my dirty little secret.”", Mamamia (Australia), 6 October 2014.