Lee Jeloscek is an Australian journalist. He is a former reporter for ''

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'' in

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Career

His career began in 1999, working at '' The Advertiser'' newspaper in Adelaide. He maintained his position there for nearly five years. He also worked in

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. Jeloscek started working as a court reporter with ''Seven News'' in Sydney in 2003. As part of a team of four Seven journalists, Jeloscek won the prestigious

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for Television News Reporting, for a story on NSW Government support of

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. In 2014, he was nominated for a Kennedy Award in the category of outstanding political reporting. While In 2016, he became the first Sydney journalist to do a live cross from inside a bus.

Personal life

Jeloscek grew up in Adelaide, Australia. He married Sally Cummine on 4 October 2015 in

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. They met in 2010 at NSW Parliament House.

Controversies

On 19 May 2011, Jeloscek was hung up on during a phone interview with popular

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on Sydney radio station

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. Hadley took offence that Jeloscek wanted to correct something he asserted was suggested on-air before the interview began, and Hadley cut off Jeloscek mid-sentence. Chief of staff to then Finance Minister Greg Pearce, Jo McCafferty, was involved in an altercation with Jeloscek at a drinks function in which a "dishevelled" McCafferty called Jeloscek a "bottom feeder". The incident reportedly related to a recent ''Seven News'' story criticising Greg Pearce.

References

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