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Australian television news presenter (born 1960)
Ann Sanders
(born 15 March 1960) is an Australian
television journalist
and
news presenter
.
Sanders currently presents
Seven Morning News
and
Seven Afternoon News Sydney
.
Career
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Sanders began her broadcasting career with
SAS-7
in
Adelaide, South Australia
as a weather presenter before moving to
Seven Perth
. During this time she won two consecutive (1981/1982)
Logie Awards
for Most Popular Female Personality in
Western Australia
. She moved to Sydney in 1983 to join
Network Ten
as a consumer reporter and news presenter before returning to the
Seven Network
as a news presenter in 1988.
Sanders joined the national morning news program
11AM
in 1990 and travelled to
Chernobyl
, reporting on the radiation fall-out disaster. Sanders started presenting the weeknight edition of
Seven News Sydney
in 1995, before being joined by
Ross Symonds
in 1998 until she moved to weekends in 2004. She stayed until May 2006 when she swapped roles with
Chris Bath
to present
Seven Morning News
.
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Sanders was in
Thredbo
at the scene of the
landslide disaster
in 1997 and collected a Logie Award on behalf of the
Seven News
team for coverage of the event. Other major stories she has covered include the
funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
in London; the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania and the Waterfall train disaster. She was also involved in Federal and State election coverages and the
Sydney Olympics in 2000
for
Seven News
.
Sanders previously presented hourly news updates on
The Morning Show
with
Kylie Gillies
and
Larry Emdur
from 2007 until 2015.
[2]
Ryan Phelan
replaced her due to her taking on
Seven Afternoon News
.
Sanders has filled in for
Natalie Barr
on
Sunrise
. She is also a fill-in presenter for
Seven News Sydney
.
She previously hosted the national
Seven Afternoon News
bulletin at 4pm, before it was replaced by state-based bulletins in 2017.
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Sanders continues to host the local Sydney edition of this bulletin on Mondays to Thursdays, with
Sally Bowrey
presenting on Fridays.
Personal life
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Sanders is patron of The Children's Music Foundation,
[
citation needed
]
is on the women's advisory committee for the National Breast Cancer Centre,
[
citation needed
]
and is an ambassador for Osteoporosis Australia.
[
citation needed
]
References
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