Janice Petersen

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Janice Petersen
Born (1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 46)
OccupationNews presenter
Employer Special Broadcasting Service
Known for SBS World News
Partner Julian Hamilton
Children2

Janice Petersen is an Australian television presenter. She is currently the presenter of SBS World News on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

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Early life

Petersen was born in 1977 to parents of South African lineage in Sydney. She was raised in Woy Woy on the Central Coast of New South Wales. She grew up with her brother Dale Petersen.

She is a graduate from the University of Newcastle, with a Bachelor of Communication degree.[ citation needed ]

Career

Petersen went to work at SBS in 2000 as a freelance staff person and soon was operating the autocue and writing obscure freelance stories. She then moved over to ABC in Adelaide, South Australia as a newsreader after landing a bi-media cadetship. [1] Petersen returned to SBS in 2006 as a sports presenter. [2]

Personal life

Janice lives in Sydney with her partner Julian Hamilton of electronic band The Presets. The couple have two daughters, born in 2010 and 2013. [3]

A sports enthusiast, she participated in the high jump, 100 metre and 200 metre sprints, and netball. She is a photographer and has had her photographs published for the 2000 Summer Olympics and street life around Sydney. [1]

A portrait painting of Janice by Swiss-born Victorian artist Marc de Jong was named among the finalists in the 2010 Archibald Prize. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Janice Petersen profile (accessed 23 September 2014) - Special Broadcasting Service's World News Australia
  2. "Janice is a good sport". The Advertiser . 28 August 2006.
  3. "SBS newsreader Janice Petersen pregnant with second child". 13 February 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. SBS newsreader among Archibald finalists, 17 March 2010 (accessed 29 November 2010)