Laura Jayes (born 24 December 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She currently co-hosts First Edition and AM Agenda on Sky News Australia.[1]
Laura Jayes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 December 1983 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Employer | Sky News Australia |
| Spouse |
Alex Hart (m. 2015) |
Career
editJayes joined Sky News in 2006 as a reporter, and in 2011 became a political reporter and member of the press gallery based in Canberra.[1] She was the presenter of Lunchtime Agenda before the program was axed in June 2015.[2][3]
Jayes returned to Sydney in 2014 and in 2015 began anchoring the Friday edition of NewsDay.[1] Jayes was nominated as favourite female personality in the 2014 ASTRA Awards.[4]
On 18 January 2016, Jayes was given her own primetime program The Latest with Laura Jayes which aired on weeknights.[5][6]
In November 2016, Jayes became just the third Australian journalist granted a visa to Nauru, which houses a large Australian asylum seeker processing centre, the Nauru Regional Processing Centre. Nauru has restricted access to the country to members of the media.[7]
In October 2018, Jayes moved from hosting NewsDay to co-hosting breakfast programs First Edition and AM Agenda.[8]
Personal life
editJayes grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla.[9] In October 2015, Jayes married Seven News reporter Alex Hart in Adelaide and the couple live in Bellevue Hill.[9][10] In December 2016, Jayes announced that she was pregnant with her first child.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Connect – Sky News Team". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "ASTRA Conference 2014 Speaker Biographies" (PDF). ASTRA. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Sky News – Lunchtime Agenda (with Laura Jayes)". 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (31 January 2014). "ASTRA Awards 2014: viewer-voted nominees". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (17 January 2016). "Airdate: The Latest with Laura Jayes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News". Mediaweek. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Robin, Myriam (23 November 2016). "Sky News' Laura Jayes third reporter granted access to Nauru". Crikey. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ Tutty, Josie (30 September 2018). "Laura Jayes joins Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor of Sky News' First Edition and AM Agenda". Mumbrella. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ a b Veerhuis, Jennifer (1 July 2016). "From Canberra to Belleuve Hill: Laura Jayes' beachside pad is a home away from politics". Home Mag. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Vlach, Anna (18 October 2015). "Crows, Port and footy fans wed in a jam-packed wedding weekend". news.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Sky News recruit's unusual role". Retrieved 18 December 2016.