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British journalist
Ros Childs
is an English-born TV
journalist
based in Australia, with a focus on business matters. After working primarily in her native UK for the
ITV Network
, Childs moved to Australia and joined the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(ABC) as a newsreader.
Career
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United Kingdom
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Childs began her career as a print journalist with the
Financial Times
.
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Subsequently, she was employed at
CNBC Europe
as a reporter and presenter.
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She was best known as the business correspondent for
ITV News
as well as the lunchtime and weekend news presenter. She was also one of the launch presenters on the
ITV News Channel
, which was known as the ITN News Channel from its launch on 1 August 2000 until September 2002. She also worked as a reporter at Sky News, on
Channel 4
business documentaries and on
BBC World
.
Australia
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Childs joined the ABC as a news reporter before taking over from Chris Clarke in 2005 as the presenter of the revamped
Midday Report
, a national weekday news bulletin with a special focus on business, between 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm. As of 2018 she hosts the hours of live news from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm weekdays on the
ABC News
channel. She has had stints as the fill-in presenter on
Lateline
as well as fill-in business editor on
The 7.30 Report
.
Personal life
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Childs lives in
Sydney
with her Australian husband, Sean Mulcahy, a television cameraman producer.
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References
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Media offices
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Preceded by
Chris Clarke
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ABC News at Noon
Presenter
February 2005 - present
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Succeeded by
Incumbent
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