Laura Jayes

Laura Jayes
Residence Sydney, Australia
Occupation Journalist
Years active 2006 present
Employer Sky News Australia
Known for Journalism, television presenting
Spouse(s) Alex Hart
Website Laura Jayes

Laura Jayes is an Australian journalist and television presenter for Sky News Australia.[1]

Jayes 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 airs four times weekly.[5][6]

Personal life

Jayes grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla.[7] In October 2015, Jayes married Seven News reporter Alex Hart in Adelaide[8] and the couple live in Bellevue Hill.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Connect - Sky News Team". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. "ASTRA Conference 2014 Speaker Biographies" (PDF). ASTRA. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. "Sky News - Lunchtime Agenda (with Laura Jayes)". November 24, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  4. Knox, David (31 January 2014). "ASTRA Awards 2014: viewer-voted nominees". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. Knox, David (17 January 2016). "Airdate: The Latest with Laura Jayes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. "New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News". Mediaweek. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. Vlach, Anna (18 October 2015). "Crows, Port and footy fans wed in a jam-packed wedding weekend". news.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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