Janice Petersen is an Australian television presenter.
Petersen is currently the presenter of ''
SBS World News
''SBS World News'' is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Its flagship nightly bulletin is broadcast at on SBS with additional weeknight 'late' bulletins from on SBS. ''SBS News'' is the name of the news app ...
'' on
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World ...
(SBS).
Early life
Petersen was born in 1977 to parents of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
n lineage in
Sydney. She was raised in
Woy Woy
Woy Woy is a coastal town in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern reaches of Brisbane Water north of Sydney. It is a population centre within the local government area.
Woy Woy is located in the no ...
on the
Central Coast of
New South Wales
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. Also grew up with her brother Dale Petersen. Janice lives in Sydney with her partner
Julian Hamilton
Julian Thomas Hamilton (born September 1976) is an Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist, who, with bandmate Kim Moyes, formed the electronica duo, The Presets in 2003. They have issued four studio albums, '' Beams'' (September 2005), '' ...
of electronic band
The Presets
The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs ('' Blow Up'', '' Girl and the Sea'') in a ...
. The couple have two daughters, born in 2010 and 2013.
She is a
graduate from the
University of Newcastle after qualifying for the Bachelor of Communication
degree.
Career
Petersen went to work at SBS in 2000 as a freelance staff person and soon was operating the
autocue
Autocue is a UK-based manufacturer of teleprompter systems. The company was founded in 1955 and licensed its first on-camera teleprompter, based on a patent by Jess Oppenheimer, in 1962. Its products are used by journalists, presenters, politic ...
and writing obscure freelance stories, then moved over to
ABC in
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
as a newsreader after landing a bi-media cadetship.
Petersen returned to SBS in 2006 as a sports presenter.
Personal life
A sports enthusiast, she participated in the high jump, 100 metre and 200 metre sprints, and netball. She is a photographer and has had her photographs published for the 2000 Summer Olympics and street life around Sydney.
[Janice Petersen profile]
(accessed 23 September 2014) - Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World ...
's '' World News Australia''
A portrait painting of Janice by Swiss-born Victorian artist Marc de Jong was named among the finalists in the 2010
Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor ...
.
SBS newsreader among Archibald finalists, 17 March 2010
(accessed 29 November 2010)
References
Living people
1977 births
Australian television presenters
Australian women television presenters
Australian people of South African descent
People from Sydney
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