Natasha Exelby is an Australian

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. She was a news reporter for '' 10 News First.''

Career

Seven Network

Following her graduation from the

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

in 2005, Exelby commenced her career as a full-time journalist, working as a reporter for

Seven Queensland STQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is owned and operated by the Seven Network from studios located in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. The callsign STQ stands for ' ...

's local news bulletins in

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and

Townsville Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...

.Where are they now?: Natasha Exelby

. Accessed 31 March 2019.

Network 10

Exelby relocated to

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in 2008 where she began a three-year stint as a ''

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'' political reporter, working in the

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for

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which included covering the

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. Following her time in Canberra, Exelby became a senior journalist and

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. In June 2013, while reading news headlines on ''

Ten Eyewitness News Late ''Ten Eyewitness News Late'' was an Australian late night television news program, broadcast on Network Ten and it aired at 10.30pm on weeknights. The bulletin was hosted by Hugh Riminton with sport presented by Victoria Murphy. Presenters { ...

'', Exelby began giggling while reading a number of serious items.Knox, David (23 June 2013
Natasha Exelby apologises after giggling through news tragedy
''

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''. Retrieved 31 March 2019. After the incident, Exelby apologised while Network Ten released a statement describing Exelby's actions as "totally unacceptable" and said there was no excusing her behaviour. Exelby served as one of the original host on Network 10's breakfast news program '' Wake Up'', working alongside

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and

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, which launched on 4 November 2013. However, Exelby was dropped from the program less than three weeks after the first broadcast with creator

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blaming a lack of chemistry between the three presenters for the decision. Exelby has since said she was told about her axing in a carpark, 45 minutes before it was publicly announced. In June 2019, it was announced that Exelby would join '' 10 News First'' in Melbourne as a presenter and reporter. In June 2022, Exelby was named as one of the presenters of the network's new national news bulletin, ''10 News First: Breakfast'', which was introduced as a lead-in to morning program ''

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''. It was announced

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would present the Monday to Wednesday editions of the bulletin from the Sydney studio while Exelby would host the Thursday and Friday editions from the Melbourne studio.

TRT World

In October 2015, Exelby began working for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation's international news channel

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.Bucklow, Andrew (10 April 2018
One year later: Why Natasha Exelby isn't haunted by ABC blooper
''news.com.au'', News Corp Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2019. Following her work with TRT World, Exelby relocated back to Australia in November 2016, where she then established a media consultancy business.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In 2017, Exelby commenced working as a casual news presenter on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news channel

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. While reading a late night ''

'' bulletin on Saturday 8 April 2017, Exelby momentarily became distracted by her pen and failed to realise she was on air following the conclusion of a story.Carmody, Broede (10 April 2017
ABC newsreader's hilarious reaction to being caught 'daydreaming' on-air
''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 31 March 2019. Upon realising she was on air, Exelby gasped and hurriedly introduced the sport segment, presented by Meredith Sheehan. When the blooper was highlighted on '' Media Watch's'' social media pages, the clip went viral. Following this, there was numerous stories published reporting Exelby had been punished by the ABC and taken off air because her blooper had gone viral. The belief that Exelby had been fired prompted many messages of support from fellow journalists, television presenters, politicians and entertainers, with the hashtag #putyourbloopersout emerging on social media in support. However ABC

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Gaven Morris has denied Exelby was fired, describing the many media reports as "untrue" because Exelby was a

freelance journalist ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

and as such was not rostered for any additional on air shifts. Morris' statement followed an earlier statement released by an ABC spokesperson which also said Exelby was a "casual contributor" rather than a staff member and was only booked for occasional on air shifts. Some commentators accused Morris of lying and maintained Exelby had indeed been punished. Exelby also maintains the ABC told her she was unable to go live on air again following the blooper, and had offered her producing shifts instead.

''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''

In 2019, Exelby was a contestant on the '' fifth season'' of Network 10's reality show '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', in which she placed 7th out of the 14 celebrities competing.Whitehead, Mat (10 February 2019
I'm A Celebrity 2019: Natasha Exelby Leaves The Jungle
''10 Daily'', Network Ten. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

References

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