Sarah Harris (journalist)
{{Short description|Australian presenter and journalist (born 1981)}}
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|name = Sarah Harris
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|caption = Harris at the Anchorman 2 premiere in 2013
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|nationality = Australian
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|occupation = {{Hlist|Television presenter|journalist}}
|years_active = 1997−present
|employer = Network 10
|known_for = The Project
|spouse = {{marriage|Tom Ward|2014|2021|reason=div.}}
|children = 2
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Sarah Harris (born 13 July 1981) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. She is currently a co-host on Network 10's The Project and previously co-hosted the morning talk show Studio 10.
Early life
Harris grew up in a block of housing commission flats in Mount Druitt, a western suburb of Sydney.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140629212620/https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-real-sarah-harris-20140624-3ar07.html "The real Sarah Harris"], The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), 29 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2023. She has one younger brother. Her father died of prostate cancer at 50.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/aussie-battler-sarah-harris-20140619-zseuc.html|title=How Sarah Harris went from housing commission to TV presenter|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 June 2014|access-date=13 November 2023}} She is of Croatian descent through her grandparents, who emigrated to Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://startsat60.com/media/news/celebrity/sarah-harris-mourns-death-grandmother|title='Bye bye Baka': Sarah Harris mourns death of beloved grandmother|date=22 December 2020|website=Starts at 60|access-date=13 November 2023}}
Career
Harris studied journalism and international business at Queensland University of Technology.{{cn|date=October 2024}} Her journalism career started in 1997 at the Seven Network in Brisbane, where she filed reports for Seven News and later Today Tonight.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
In June 2001, she joined Prime Gold Coast News where she was a freelance television reporter and presenter. She then moved back to the Seven Network in Brisbane where she was a cadet news reporter and writer.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
In 2002, Harris joined the Nine Network and became a reporter, researcher, and fill-in presenter on Extra. She also joined National Nine News as a reporter and Today. She delivered live reports from the scene of the Cairns Tilt Train derailment in November 2004, as well as Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s funeral in Kingaroy in 2005. She left Today in 2005 to become a reporter and fill-in presenter on National Nine News in Brisbane.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
In 2007, Harris moved to Sydney to become a Today reporter and a fill-in news presenter. She was also a fill-in news presenter on Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News, Nine News Sydney and Weekend Today.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
In 2012, Harris was the main fill-in presenter for Sonia Kruger on Mornings. She also filled in for Leila McKinnon on Weekend Today whilst she was on maternity leave.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
In August 2013, she resigned from the Nine Network to join Network Ten's then new morning program, Studio 10 as a co-host with Ita Buttrose, Joe Hildebrand and Jessica Rowe.[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/channel-nine-star-sarah-harris-is-joining-the-ten-network-show-studio-10/story-fni0cvc9-1226694498773 "Channel Nine star Sarah Harris is joining the Ten network show Studio 10 "], The Daily Telegraph (Australia), 9 August 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
She has also been a fill-in host on Network Ten program The Project.
In November 2014, Harris was announced as the host of Shark Tank.{{cite news|title=Shark Tank 'Sharks' and Host Announced|url=https://tenplay.com.au/blog/the-insider/shark-tank-sharks-and-host-announced|access-date=11 March 2018|publisher=Tenplay|date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415044724/https://tenplay.com.au/blog/the-insider/shark-tank-sharks-and-host-announced|archive-date=15 April 2015}}
In February 2016, Harris was welcomed to the No Agenda round table as a Black Dame by Adam Curry and John C Dvorak.{{cite web|url=http://adam.curry.com/html/NoAgendaEpisode798Da-1455223352.html|title=No Agenda Episode 798 - "Dangerous Speech"|website=adam.curry.com|access-date=13 November 2023}}
On 23 November 2022, Sarah announced that she would be leaving Studio 10 after hosting the show for nine years to become a new co-host of The Project in 2023 after the departure of the show's longest running co-host Carrie Bickmore in December 2022.{{cite web|last=Molk|first=Steve|date=23 November 2022|title=Sarah Harris joins The Project in 2023|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/11/23/sarah-harris-joins-the-the-project-in-2023/|access-date=25 December 2022|website=TV Blackbox}}{{cite web|date=24 December 2022|title="It's been an incredible ride!": Sarah Harris farewells Studio 10 {{!}} TV Tonight|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/12/its-been-an-incredible-ride-sarah-harris-farewells-studio-10.html|access-date=25 December 2022|website=TV Tonight}}
Personal life
Harris married information technology specialist Tom Ward in Sydney in 2014.Domjen, Brian (19 July 2014) [https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/windy-wedding-tv-girl-sarah-harris-weds-tom-ward-as-wild-winds-lash-sydney/news-story/26d4f67a7df2a7d00e27235faf9448ea "Windy Wedding! TV girl Sarah Harris weds Tom Ward as wild winds lash Sydney"], The Daily Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 13 November 2023. Harris and Ward have two children.{{cite news|date=21 March 2021|title=Studio 10 host Sarah Harris announces shock split|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/studio-10-host-sarah-harris-announces-split-from-husband/news-story/b516b70e041f96fc8578f96f408babe5|first=Nick|last=Bond|website=NewsComAu|access-date=13 November 2023}} In March 2021, Harris announced that she and Ward are "taking time apart however we remain good friends and deeply committed to co-parenting our two beautiful boys".{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/lachlan-and-sarah-murdoch-slip-into-australia-20210317-p57bhn.html|title=Harris splits with husband|first=Andrew|last=Hornery|date=20 March 2021|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=13 November 2023}}
Harris prefers 90s fashion, especially Lululemon tights. Her favorite designers are Scanlan Theodore, Witchery, Cue, Carla Zampatti and Bianca Spender.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/i-love-a-bold-coloured-suit-inside-sarah-harris-wardrobe-20230914-p5e4rs.html|last=Gordon|first=George|title='I love a bold-coloured suit': Inside Sarah Harris' wardrobe|work=The Sydnewy Morning Herald|date=1 October 2023|access-date=13 November 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140219083250/http://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/studio-10/team/sarah-harris Sarah Harris at Studio 10]
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Category:Australian people of Croatian descent
Category:20th-century Australian journalists
Category:21st-century Australian journalists
Category:21st-century Australian women journalists
Category:Australian women television journalists
Category:Australian women television presenters