Sylvia Jeffreys (born 23 April 1986) is an Australian journalist and news presenter. Jeffreys is currently co-host of ''

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'' with David Campbell. She has previously been a news presenter on the

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's ''

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,'' reporter and presenter on ''

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'' and reporter on ''

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''.

Career

Jeffreys went to

Brisbane State High School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

before beginning her media career in August 2005 at the

in Brisbane, working as a script assistant in the newsroom. She completed a Bachelor of Journalism/Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland whilst honing her skills in the production office. In 2008, she began filing lifestyle stories on Queensland's ''

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'' program, before returning to the newsroom in 2009. In 2011, Jeffreys was appointed weekend weather presenter on ''

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''. Sylvia reported on many news events as a reporter and weather presenter for ''

'' including the floods in Central Queensland, Brisbane, Ipswich and Grantham. She also travelled to Tully to report on the damage carved by Cyclone Yasi. In January 2012, Sylvia moved to Sydney to join ''

'' as a New South Wales reporter. She remained a reporter on the show until June 2013 and was replaced by Natalia Cooper. She then joined ''

'' as a reporter and a fill in presenter on '' Nine Morning News'', '' Nine Afternoon News'', ''

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'' and ''

''. In June 2014, Jeffreys rejoined ''

'' as news presenter replacing

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. In 2016, Jeffreys began hosting Nine's netball coverage, starting with the

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in Melbourne. She also hosts Nine's coverage of the new

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competition, which started in 2017. She no longer presents the network's netball coverage. In December 2018, it was announced that Jeffreys would not return to ''

'' in 2019 and move onto other projects. In February 2019, the Nine Network announced Jeffreys would be spread across “a few departments” including ''

.'' In August 2019, Jeffreys was appointed host of ''9NewsWatch,'' a bulletin broadcast at 8pm on weeknights on Facebook. In December 2019, it was announced that Jeffreys would co-host ''

'' replacing

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Personal life

In December 2013, Sylvia said that she was dating fellow ''

'' reporter

Peter Stefanovic Peter Stefanovic ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Стефановић) is an Australian journalist, reporter and television presenter. Stefanovic is currently a co-host of ''First Edition'' on Sky News Australia. He has previously been a co-host of ''We ...

, the younger brother of ''

'' host

Karl Stefanovic Karl Stefanovic ( sr-Cyrl, Карл Стефановић; born 12 August 1974), also spelt Karl Stefanović, is an Australian television presenter and journalist for the Nine Network. Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's ...

. Jeffreys and Stefanovic were fill-in co-hosts of ''

'' while

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and

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were on leave. In July 2016, Jeffreys announced that she was engaged to Stefanovic; the couple married on 1 April 2017. The couple reside in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Double Bay. In August 2019, Jeffreys and Stefanovic announced that they are expecting their first child. On 31 January 2020, Jeffreys and Stefanovic welcomed a boy named Oscar. In October 2020, Jeffreys and Stefanovic announced that they are expecting their second child, a boy. On 3 April 2021, Jeffreys and Stefanovic welcomed a boy named Henry.

References

External links

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