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Jayne Azzopardi
EducationCaringbah High School
University of Technology Sydney
OccupationNews presenter & journalist
Years active2009–present
EmployerNine Network
TelevisionNine News
Weekend Today
SpouseTrent Butler (m. 2018)
Children2

Jayne Azzopardi is an Australian television news presenter and journalist living in Sydney.

She currently presents news for Weekend Today and a reporter for Nine News Sydney. She is occasionally seen presenting the 6pm news during summer.

Career

She started her career as a journalist at WIN News located in Wagga Wagga.[citation needed]

Before joining Nine, she also worked at international news organisations including ITN, BBC, CNBC & Al Jazeera.[citation needed]

Azzopardi joined the Nine Network's news service Nine News in 2009 as a political journalist located in Canberra. She covered two election and three leadership changes.[1]

In 2011, Jayne joined the Sydney newsroom to cover breaking news stories across Australia and the world. From natural disasters to Hollywood red carpets and royal tours.[2]

She has also hosted Talking Married on the Nine Network sister channel 9Life.

At the end of 2015, it was announced that Azzopardi would become news presenter for Weekend Today.

Personal life

She attended Caringbah High School and later studied journalism at the University of Technology Sydney.[3]

On March 31, 2018, Azzopardi married Trent Butler at Glen Albyn Estate in Tasmania.[4]

On February 4, 2020, she gave birth to her first child named Joey.[5]

In May 2021, she gave birth to her second child named Theodore. [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Jayne Azzopardi | Management". thesocietyagency. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Jayne Azzopardi, Weekend Today's news reader TODAY Show News Team - 9News". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Jayne Azzopardi, Contributor". honey.nine.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Jayne Azzopardi's beautiful Tassie wedding". 9 Honey. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Jayne Azzopardi welcomes baby boy". celebrity.nine.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
Preceded by Weekend Today
News presenter

January 2016 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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