Amy Parks (born 10 June 1982) is an Australian journalist and broadcaster. She is a reporter for ''

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'' from

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. Parks was one of the original hosts of

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's late night interactive quiz show, ''

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'' (2006–2007). She was a reporter on ''

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'' in 2008, before switching to rival network, Seven.

Early years

Parks was born on 10 June 1982. She was raised in

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until 13 and then moved to the

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. She joined a junior

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theatre society and

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' jazz group. Parks was a singer in the school-based band, Sweethearts of Swing, and toured overseas.

Television

After being accepted to RMIT's Bachelor of Journalism course, Parks became very involved in

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, taking on the hosting role for three seasons of ''Raucous'' (a live-to-air music show), was the TV reporter on

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, and also became both producer and presenter of ''Newsline'' and ''Pluck''. It was during her time at RMIT that Parks was asked to join the team at

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and present 26 episodes of ''Young Guns'', a show focusing on the lives and careers of young footballers. Returning to university after Fox Footy, Parks finished her degree whilst doing various freelance journalism and presenting activities. These included work at ''

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'' newspaper, Media Giants and the

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, as well as hosting Channel 31's ''Real Time Racing'', and conducting a series of interviews over three years at the annual

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for a historical DVD. Parks' next project saw her presenting a children's DVD, '' Talking Time'', released commercially September 2006 in Australia, Canada, USA and NZ. In this role, Parks played beside a collection of puppets in a DVD that is aimed at increasing parents' awareness of the importance of instilling good speech practices in their children.

''Quizmania''

In July 2006 Parks was one of the original hosts of the

late-night phone-in quiz show, ''

''. Her co-presenters were

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(ex-''

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'' intruder) and

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(an actress).

Media career

In 2008 Parks joined ''

'' as a reporter, prior to becoming a reporter Amy was a producer. In 2009 Parks moved to ''

'' as a reporter. She was one of the

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Ambassadors, with Geelong footballer Steve Johnson, in 2010.

Music

Amy Parks joined Melbourne-based pop, rock band Loomset as lead vocalist in late 2001. Loomset had formed in 1999 by Tuffy and D. T. and had recorded material for their debut album, ''Disguise'' (2002). The group released their second album, ''Winterland'' in 2004, but disbanded soon after.

References

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