Josh Holt

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Josh Holt
Born1980 (age 42–43)
Education University of Sydney
Occupation(s)Meteorologist and Television Presenter
EmployerNetwork 10
Known fordelivering weather forecasts on television
Television 10 News First

Josh Holt (born 1980) [1] is an Australian Meteorologist, Climate Specialist and Television Presenter, best known for his work at Network 10. [2]

Biography

Holt is a qualified Meteorologist and Climate Specialist. [2] After completing an undergraduate degree at Sydney University, Holt studied television presenting at NIDA. [2] Holt has also completed his postgraduate university studies in climate and atmospheric sciences graduating with a distinction average. [2] He has also completed his postgraduate studies in meteorology graduating as a student of the Bureau of Meteorology's Graduate Meteorologist Program. [2]

He spent five years at the original The Weather Channel before joining Network 10 in July 2013 as the weather presenter for the Brisbane edition of Ten News at Five . [3]

When Network 10 underwent a major restructure in 2020 which saw the production of each of the state news bulletins centralised to Sydney and Melbourne, it was initially reported that Holt had been made redundant along with his on air colleague, news presenter Georgina Lewis, with the network opting to use one national weather presenter for all bulletins. [4] [5]

However, it was later revealed the network would instead transfer Holt from Brisbane to Sydney where he would present the local weather forecasts on the Brisbane, Sydney and Perth editions of 10 News First while Kate Freebairn would deliver local weather forecasts for the Melbourne and Adelaide editions of 10 News First. [6] [7]

On the Sydney edition of 10 News First, Holt succeeded veteran weather presenter Tim Bailey who had been with the network for 30 years. [6] On the Perth edition of 10 News First, Holt succeeded local Perth weather presenter Michael Schultz. [8]

While at The Weather Channel, Holt was nominated for Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist at the 2010 and 2012 ASTRA Awards but lost to Kieran Gilbert and David Speers, respectively, both from Sky News Australia. [9] [10] [11] However, Holt was part of The Weather Channel team who won the ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding News or Coverage in 2010, for his on air live coverage during the Black Saturday bushfires. [2] [10]

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  1. ↑ Falvey, Brooke; Rossi, Damien Anthony (14 August 2020). "Brisbane bachelor off the market after TV proposal". The Sunday Mail . Retrieved 14 July 2022. Josh Holt came up with the ultimate plan of using his 40th birthday as a ruse to pop the big question to his partner...
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Josh Holt: meteorologist, climate specialist and weather presenter". ICMI. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (5 August 2013). "Josh Holt joins TEN News Qld". TV Tonight . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Lallo, Michael (11 August 2020). "'Painful changes': Network 10 axes presenters". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (11 August 2020). "Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Natarsha Belling and Tim Bailey all axed as Ten cuts across the network". Mumbrella . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 Rossi, Damien Anthony (10 September 2020). "Josh Holt to be the new Tim Bailey". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (9 September 2020). "10 News weather presenters join interstate bulletins". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Hoffman, Lily (15 September 2020). "Perth confused for Brisbane in first Channel Ten weather forecast since redundancies". PerthNow . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (14 May 2010). "ASTRA Awards 2010: Nominees". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 "2010 Annual ASTRA Awards winners". The West Australian . 24 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Knox, David (22 June 2012). "FOX Sports, Cloudstreet, Selling Houses Australia top 2012 ASTRA Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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