Jessica Adamson

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Jessica Adamson
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NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)TV presenter and reporter

Jessica Adamson (born 1972 or 1973) [1] is an Australian journalist.

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Adamson was formerly a weekend presenter on Seven News Adelaide .

Career

Adamson's first television appearance was in the late 1980s when she appeared with her sister on Nine Network variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday . [2] Adamson and her sister Amy competed on the show's infamous talent segment Red Faces , where they performed as an act called Ben Sullivan's Sisters, staging a brief routine called "Can't Blow the Candle Out". [2] [3]

Adamson has been a crime reporter for more than a decade but also acts as foreign correspondent at times, covering the Asian tsunami and also the Olympic games in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. [4] [5] Adamason also regularly filled in as a weeknight presenter on Seven News Adelaide .

In December 2014, Adamson was announced as weekend presenter on Seven News Adelaide replacing Graeme Goodings, she began her new role on 24 January 2015. [1] On 14 October 2019, Adamson commenced an eight-week period of filling in for Jodie Oddy on the Mix 102.3 breakfast show while Oddy was on maternity leave. [6] On 23 June 2020, Adamson left the Seven Network due to budget cuts. [7]

Personal life

Adamson is married to David and they have three children. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jessica Adamson new Seven News weekend presenter in Adelaide". TV Tonight. 11 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Bryant, Daniel (23 October 2019) Video of Jess Adamson on Red Faces uncovered, Mix 102.3, Australian Radio Network. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. Red Faces - Ben Sullivan's Sisters, Hey Hey It's Saturday , Somers Carroll. Accessed 24 October 2019.
  4. "The Advertiser | Latest Adelaide and South Australia News | The Advertiser".
  5. "Feature - September 2003". www.policejournalsa.org.au.
  6. Blackiston, Hannah (30 September 2019) Adelaide's Mix 102.3 announces breakfast line-up changes as Jodie Oddy heads off on maternity leave, Mumbrella. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. McKnight, Robert (23 June 2020). "EXCLUSIVE - SEVEN AXES LOCAL NEWS". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. "Jessica Adamson's life double the fun". The Advertiser.