Laura Jayes

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Laura Jayes
Born (1983-12-24) 24 December 1983 (age 39)
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
Years active2006–present
Employer Sky News Australia
Spouse
Alex Hart
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(m. 2015)​

Laura Jayes (born 24 December 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She currently co-hosts First Edition and AM Agenda on Sky News Australia. [1]

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Career

Jayes joined Sky News in 2006 as a reporter, and in 2011 became a political reporter and member of the press gallery based in Canberra. [1] She was the presenter of Lunchtime Agenda before the program was axed in June 2015. [2] [3]

Jayes returned to Sydney in 2014 and in 2015 began anchoring the Friday edition of NewsDay. [1] Jayes was nominated as favourite female personality in the 2014 ASTRA Awards. [4]

On 18 January 2016, Jayes was given her own primetime program The Latest with Laura Jayes which aired on weeknights. [5] [6]

In November 2016, Jayes became just the third Australian journalist granted a visa to Nauru, which houses a large Australian asylum seeker processing centre, the Nauru Regional Processing Centre. Nauru has restricted access to the country to members of the media. [7]

In October 2018, Jayes moved from hosting NewsDay to co-hosting breakfast programs First Edition and AM Agenda . [8]

Personal life

Jayes grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla. [9] In October 2015, Jayes married Seven News reporter Alex Hart in Adelaide and the couple live in Bellevue Hill. [9] [10] In December 2016, Jayes announced that she was pregnant with her first child. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "ASTRA Conference 2014 Speaker Biographies" (PDF). ASTRA. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sky News – Lunchtime Agenda (with Laura Jayes)". 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (31 January 2014). "ASTRA Awards 2014: viewer-voted nominees". TV Tonight . Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (17 January 2016). "Airdate: The Latest with Laura Jayes". TV Tonight . Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News". Mediaweek. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Robin, Myriam (23 November 2016). "Sky News' Laura Jayes third reporter granted access to Nauru". Crikey. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Tutty, Josie (30 September 2018). "Laura Jayes joins Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor of Sky News' First Edition and AM Agenda". Mumbrella. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  9. 1 2 Veerhuis, Jennifer (1 July 2016). "From Canberra to Belleuve Hill: Laura Jayes' beachside pad is a home away from politics". Home Mag. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Vlach, Anna (18 October 2015). "Crows, Port and footy fans wed in a jam-packed wedding weekend". news.com.au . Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sky News recruit's unusual role" . Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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