Ann Sanders (born 15 March 1960), is an Australian

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and

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. Sanders currently presents '' Seven Morning News'' and '' Seven Afternoon News Sydney.''

Career

Sanders began her broadcasting career with SAS-7 in Adelaide, South Australia as a weather presenter before moving to Seven Perth. During this time she won two consecutive (1981/1982) Logie Awards for Most Popular Female Personality in

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. She moved to Sydney in 1983 to join Network Ten as a consumer reporter and news presenter before returning to the

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as a news presenter in 1988. Sanders joined the national morning news program '' 11AM'' in 1990 and travelled to

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, reporting on the radiation fall-out disaster. Sanders started presenting the weeknight edition of '' Seven News Sydney'' in 1995, before being joined by Ross Symonds in 1998 until she moved to weekends in 2004. She stayed until May 2006 when she swapped roles with

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to present ''Seven Morning News''.Ann Sanders, profile
Seven News, 26 May 2008, 07:45pm, Retrieved 30 December 2010 (UTC) Sanders was in

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at the scene of the landslide disaster in 1997 and collected a Logie Award on behalf of the

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team for coverage of the event. Other major stories she has covered include the

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in London; the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania and the Waterfall train disaster. She was also involved in Federal and State election coverages and the Sydney Olympics in 2000 for ''

''. Sanders previously presented hourly news updates on '' The Morning Show'' with

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and

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from 2007 until 2015.

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replaced her due to her taking on '' Seven Afternoon News.'' Sanders has filled in for

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on ''

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''. She is also a fill-in presenter for '' Seven News Sydney.'' She previously hosted the national ''Seven Afternoon News'' bulletin at 4pm, before it was replaced by state-based bulletins in 2017. Sanders continues to host the local Sydney edition of this bulletin on Mondays to Thursdays, with

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presenting on Fridays.

Personal life

Sanders is patron of The Children's Music Foundation, is on the women's advisory committee for the National Breast Cancer Centre, and is an ambassador for Osteoporosis Australia.

References

External links

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