Laura Jayes
| Laura Jayes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 December[1] |
| Residence | Sydney |
| 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.
Jayes currently hosts The Latest with Laura Jayes on Sky News Australia.[2]
Career
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.[2] She was the presenter of Lunchtime Agenda before the program was axed in June 2015.[3][4]
Jayes returned to Sydney in 2014 and in 2015 began anchoring the Friday edition of NewsDay.[2] Jayes was nominated as favourite female personality in the 2014 ASTRA Awards.[5]
On 18 January 2016, Jayes was given her own primetime program The Latest with Laura Jayes which airs on weeknights.[6][7]
In November 2016, Jayes became just the third Australian journalist granted a visa to Nauru, which houses a large Australian asylum seeker processing centre. Nauru has restricted access to the country to members of the media.[8]
Personal life
Jayes 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 is pregnant with her first child.[11] Jayes' birthday is Christmas Eve.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Laura Jayes on Instagram". Instagram. 24 December 2016.
- 1 2 3 "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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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 2016-12-18.