Jodie Speers (born 22 October 1982) is an Australian
journalist
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,
news
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and
television presenter
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.
Speers currently presents
''Seven Early News''.
Career
After finishing school, Speers studied for a Communications degree at Sydney University. She completed part of her degree on exchange at the
Paris Institute of Political Studies
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, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
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, founder = Émile Boutmy
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(Sciences Po) in Paris.
In 2009, Speers became a political correspondent for the
Seven Network
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in its Parliament House bureau. She covered the oustings of Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, and spent five weeks on the road with Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott as they fought for victory in the 2010 election. After covering politics for a time Speers moved on to become a crime and court reporter for Seven News Sydney.
In January 2016, Speers was appointed presenter of
''Seven Early News'' replacing
Natalie Barr
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Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...
.
Personal life
Speers is married to former ''
Today
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2GB
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breakfast host
Ben Fordham
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Career
Fordham began his career on Sydney's 2UE radio station, for ...
. They married in 2011.
In August 2014, Fordham announced on ''
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
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'' that his wife Jodie was pregnant with their first child. Speers gave birth to a son in December 2014. The couple had a second child in 2016,
and a third in 2019.
References
1982 births
Australian journalists
Living people
People educated at Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College
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