Deborah Knight (born 23 November 1972) is an Australian television and news presenter, radio host, and journalist. Knight is currently a radio presenter on

2GB 2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by parent company Nine Radio, a division of Nine Entertainment Co., who also own sister station 2UE. 2GB broadcasts on 873 kHz, AM. In 2010, 2GB held 14.7% of the total rad ...

and host of ''

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'' on Friday and Saturday. Previously she has been a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program ''

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'' and presented ''

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'' on Friday and Saturday.

Career

Knight studied at

Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain Charles Napier Sturt, a British explore ...

in Bathurst, New South Wales, where she earned a degree in journalism, graduating in 1993. She began her career in the media working for the radio station

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in Wagga Wagga and then moved to Mix 106.5 in Sydney before accepting a position with the

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Network 10

Later on, she moved to

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and in 2001 was appointed the US correspondent on ''

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'', during which she covered major world events such as the

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. Upon her return to Australia, she became co-host of the flagship Sydney bulletin in January 2006, replacing

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, and a regular substitute presenter on the network's national late-night news bulletin. In October 2011, Knight was replaced by

Sandra Sully Sandra Sully (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian news presenter and journalist and editor for ''10 News First'' in Sydney and Queensland. Sully attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1978. Life and career Sully was the firs ...

as the presenter of Network Ten's ''Ten News at Five'' in Sydney.

Nine Network

In December 2011, Knight joined the Nine Network, replacing

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as news presenter on ''

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'' and Monday news presenter on ''

''. In February 2015, Knight was appointed co-host of ''Weekend Today'', replacing

Leila McKinnon Leila "Lennard" McKinnon (born 28 September 1972) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is a reporter and fill in presenter for '' Nine News'' and '' A Current Affair''. She is currently co-hosting '' Australian Ninja Warrio ...

. In December 2017, Knight was appointed as presenter of ''

'' on Friday and Saturday nights, replacing

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who replaced

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on ''Today''. It was also announced that

Allison Langdon Allison Langdon (born 20 May 1979) is an Australian television presenter, reporter, journalist, and author. From 2023, Langdon will be the host of '' A Current Affair'' through Monday to Thursday, whilst Deborah Knight will still host from Fri ...

would replace Knight on ''Weekend Today''. Knight has been a fill in presenter on ''Today'', ''

Today Extra ''Today Extra'' is an Australian morning talk show, with an infotainment base, hosted by David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys. The show airs between 9:00 am and 11:30 am weekdays and follows the Nine Network's breakfast news program '' ...

'', ''

'' and ''Nine News Sydney''. In January 2019, Knight was confirmed as the new co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program ''Today'', replacing

Karl Stefanovic Karl Stefanovic ( sr-Cyrl, Карл Стефановић; born 12 August 1974), also spelt Karl Stefanović, is an Australian television presenter and journalist for the Nine Network. Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's ...

. In November 2019, the Nine Network announced that Knight will be replaced as co-host of ''Today'' with Karl Stefanovic returning to the show as co-host alongside ''Weekend Today'' co-host and '' 60 Minutes'' reporter

from January 2020. In December 2019, it was announced that Knight will replace Steve Price to host Afternoons on

from 13 January 2020.

Personal life

Knight is married and has three children.

References

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