Vicky Jardim is an Australian television journalist and presenter. She is currently a journalist for

Nine News Sydney ''Nine News Sydney'' is the local news bulletin for the Nine Network station in Sydney, airing across New South Wales each night. Like all ''Nine News'' bulletins, the Sydney bulletin runs for one hour. from 6pm every day. It covers the day's ...

. Twitter : @VJardim9News

Career

Jardim is a reporter and presenter for

with more than 20 years experience. After six years in

Nine News Melbourne ''Nine News Melbourne'' is the weeknight, flagship news bulletin of the Nine Network in Australia. It is screened in Melbourne and Tasmania, and across Victoria. Like all ''Nine News'' bulletins, the Melbourne bulletin runs for one hour, from 6 ...

, Jardim relocated home to Sydney in August 2014. As well as a reporter for the Sydney 6pm News, Jardim is a regular presenter of Nine News Early Edition, Nine News Now, the morning and afternoon bulletins and the late night updates. Jardim previously worked for the

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in Melbourne as a national television and radio reporter, filing stories for ''

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'', the 7pm News and 774 radio bulletins. She also filled-in as a presenter/producer on the ABC's Asia Pacific News. With a keen interest in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

, she worked on the ABC's National Finance Desk. Jardim has covered a wide range of stories from the Martin Place siege to the

Black Saturday bushfires The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were among Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. T ...

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hearings and underworld murders. Among the highlights of her career were reporting at the

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 ( Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

and hosting a live broadcast at the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch State Memorial Service. Jardim graduated from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

with a

Bachelor of Journalism The Bachelor of Journalism (B.J.) degree is a degree awarded at some universities to students who have studied journalism in a three or four year undergraduate program. In the United States, some schools that do not award the B.J. degree instead c ...

. While studying, she completed a cadetship at Channel 7 in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

and then joined Channel 9, Brisbane as a script assistant. Her first reporting job as a young journalist was at

WIN Television WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single television station covering the Wollongong region. The WIN Netw ...

, where after a year she was promoted to reporter/bureau chief. She is now a reporter and journalist for Nine News Sydney.

Personal life

She is married to Citigroup’s managing director Dragi Ristevski.

References

External links

Nine News: Our Team - Vicky Jardim

Vicky Jardim - Twitter

Vicky Jardim - Instagram
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