Janice Petersen

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Janice Petersen is an Australian television presenter.

Petersen is currently co-host of World News Australia with Anton Enus on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

Personal life

Petersen was born in 1977 to parents of South African lineage in Sydney, She was raised in Woy Woy on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Janice lives in Sydney with her partner Julian Hamilton of electronic band The Presets. The couple have two daughters, born in 2010 and 2013 respectively. ^{[citation needed]}

She is a graduate from the University of Newcastle after qualifying for the Bachelor of Communication degree.

A sports enthusiast, she participated in the high jump, 100 metre and 200 metre sprints, and netball. She is an avid photographer and has had her photographs published for the 2000 Summer Olympics and street life around Sydney.^[1]

A portrait painting by Swiss-born Victorian artist Marc de Jong was named among the finalists in the 2010 Archibald Prize.^[2]

Career

Petersen went to work at SBS in 2000 as a freelance staff person and soon was operating the autocue and writing obscure freelance stories, then moved over to ABC in Adelaide, South Australia as a newsreader after landing a bi-media cadetship.^[1] Petersen returned to SBS in 2006 as a sports presenter.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Janice Petersen profile - Special Broadcasting Service's World News Australia
↑ SBS newsreader among Archibald finalists, 17 March 2010 (accessed 29 November 2010)
↑ "Janice is a good sport". The Advertiser. 28 August 2006. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

v t e SBS Presenters

SBS World News	Anton Enus Janice Petersen Lee Lin Chin Ricardo Goncalves Kathy Novak Sarah Abo Rena Sarumpaet Mike Tomalaris Craig Foster

Programs	Jenny Brockie Karla Grant Les Murray Anjali Rao Ellen Fanning

Past	Andrew Orsatti George Donikian Indira Naidoo George Negus Mary Kostakidis Stan Grant Amrita Cheema Ben Fajzullin Paul Dempsey Basia Bonkowski Neena Mairata Peta-Jane Madam Yalda Hakim

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Name	Petersen, Janice
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Date of birth	1977
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