Jaynie Seal (born 18 May 1973) is an Australian television presenter.
Seal is currently a weather presenter on
Sky News Weather Channel
Sky News Weather Channel is an Australian satellite television channel owned by Australian News Channel, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Launched on 1 January 1999, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and anal ...
, news presenter on ''
Saturday Edition
''Weekend Edition'' is an Australian news and current affairs television program on Sky News Live on Saturdays and Sundays. It is the weekend incarnation of '' First Edition''.
Saturday Edition
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'' and ''
Sunday Edition'' on
Sky News Live and advertorial presenter on ''
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 '' ...
''.
Career
Seal was part of the original team for the
Weather Channel
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when it launched in 1999 and she found a passion for weather and live television.
In 2004, Seal joined the
Nine Network
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as weather presenter for ''
National Nine News
''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in TCN, Sydney, GTV (Australia) ...
'' in Sydney along with ''
Nine Morning News'' and ''
Nine Afternoon News''; she remained in this position for 7 years. Seal has also worked on ''
The Footy Show, Fresh,
Today
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* Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now''
* Current era, present
* The current calendar date
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 A ...
, Abbamania,
Hole in the Wall and
Kerri-Anne
''Kerri-Anne'' was an Australian morning television program shown on the Nine Network, hosted by Kerri-Anne Kennerley. It was broadcast on weekdays at 9am for two hours. The final episode of the series was on 25 November 2011. It was replaced by ...
'' where she also co-hosted for a week.
In late 2012, she rejoined
Sky News Weather Channel
Sky News Weather Channel is an Australian satellite television channel owned by Australian News Channel, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Launched on 1 January 1999, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and anal ...
as a weather presenter
while also remaining with the Nine Network as an
advertorial
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In printed publications, t ...
presenter on ''Today Extra''.
In 2016, Seal added a role as news presenter on
Sky News Live weekend morning programs ''Saturday Edition'' and ''Sunday Edition''.
Coinciding with the launch of
Sky News on WIN
Sky News Australia is an Australian news channel owned by News Corp Australia. Originally launched on 19 February 1996, it broadcasts rolling news coverage throughout the day, while its prime time lineup is dedicated to opinion-based programs f ...
in September 2018, Seal was announced as the inaugural presenter of breakfast news program ''Headline News''.
Personal life
Seal is the mother of two boys and lives in Sydney.
She was also in a long-term relationship with television and radio presenter
Ed Phillips
Ed Phillips (born 6 July 1966) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Career
Phillips began his career in 1988 with radio station Triple M, where he stayed until 1997. It was around this time that he acquired his on-air handle "Laugh ...
until they separated in 2012.
References
External links
''Nine News'' team: Jaynie Seal
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1973 births
Australian people of Jewish descent
Australian reporters and correspondents
Australian television presenters
Nine News presenters
Living people
Sky News Australia reporters and presenters