Hermione Kitson is an Australian news presenter and reporter.

Career

Kitson studied Media/Communications at

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and completed an internship at ABC Sydney News and Current Affairs.

Network Ten

Before joining

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, Kitson worked as a reporter at WIN TV and as a reporter and newsreader at

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Radio Sydney. Kitson joined ''

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'' in

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in mid-2008, where she was a senior reporter for around four years. She reported on a range of stories, many of them headlines and major news items. Kitson also reported on a number of breaking news events, both live and from the newsroom. In August 2010, Kitson presented her first on-air bulletin, filling-in for

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on the Saturday edition of Ten News Melbourne (following

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telecasts) and continued to occasionally fulfil this role until September. Thereafter she became a permanent fill-in presenter. During her time in Melbourne, she was the main fill-in presenter for

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on ''Ten News at Five'' with

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(unless it was a special weekend edition or post-Christmas, where just a solo presenter was used). She also presented the local weekend bulletin in 2011, a position in which she gained key recognition as a presenter for

by audiences in

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. Kitson has covered stories ranging from the

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to the south-east floods, the

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riots to gangland violence, and marquee events such as the

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. In June 2012, Kitson moved back to her home town of Sydney and was appointed news presenter on '' Ten Late News'' with Hamish Macdonald.Ten Late News
at TV Tonight In September 2013, Kitson was appointed news presenter of '' Ten's Eyewitness News Weekend'' bulletin taking over from

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. In early 2014, veteran journalist

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succeeded the role. In January 2014, Kitson was appointed national presenter of '' Ten's Eyewitness News Early'' bulletin and

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was appointed presenter of ''

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''. Kitson was a highly regarded news presenter at

, having covered major stories and made numerous reports over five and a half years. Kitson took voluntary redundancy in May 2014, following further mass cuts at the Network. She presented her final news bulletin following ''

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'' on the Friday when the majority of the 2014 morning line-up was axed.

Seven Network

In December 2014, Kitson made her first appearance on ''

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'', making it official she would be joining the

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via Twitter.

References

External links

Ten News profile

Twitter profile
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