Talitha Cummins
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Talitha Cummins (born 1979 or 1980) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Cummins has previously been a news presenter on Weekend Sunrise, reporter for Seven News and weather presenter on Seven News Brisbane.{{cite web |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/16664204/talitha-cummins/ |title=Talitha Cummins |author= |date=10 April 2013 |publisher=Yahoo7 News |accessdate=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420110633/https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/16664204/talitha-cummins/ |archive-date=20 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Career
Cummins has worked in many of Seven's Queensland's bureaus, she started out at Maroochydore before moving onto Cairns.
In 2011, Cummins moved to Sydney, where she was a reporter for Seven News Sydney and a fill in presenter on Seven Morning News and Seven Afternoon News.
In 2014, Cummings joined Weekend Sunrise team to replace Jessica Rowe as news presenter.
In January 2017, Cummins claimed that the Seven Network dismissed her whilst she was on maternity leave. She said she would take on the Seven Network for unfair dismissal.{{Cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/weekend-sunrise-newsreader-talitha-cummins-claims-she-was-sacked-while-on-maternity-leave/news-story/7659d5fad4716ba804b711ae096bf00c |title=Talitha Cummins loses Weekend Sunrise job while on maternity leave |publisher=News.com.au |access-date=2017-03-18 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114012355/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/weekend-sunrise-newsreader-talitha-cummins-claims-she-was-sacked-while-on-maternity-leave/news-story/7659d5fad4716ba804b711ae096bf00c |archive-date=14 January 2017 |url-status=live}}
Cummins was also a casual Triple M Sydney newsreader.{{cite news |author=Davison, Katherine|title=Stars react as presenter Talitha Cummins quits media and announces big career change|url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/stars-react-as-presenter-talitha-cummins-quits-media-and-announces-big-career-change-c-12089205.amp |newspaper=Seven News|date=2023-10-03 |access-date=2024-03-22 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/former-weekend-sunrise-presenter-talitha-cummins-quits-media-for-new-life/news-story/14a8c7e0bff3d3ce53a913300f9d1fbf | title=Former Weekend Sunrise presenter Talitha Cummins quits media for new life | date=3 October 2023 | publisher=News.com.au | accessdate=22 November 2024 | author=Estera, Christine}}
In October 2023, Cummins announced she was ending her media career to pursue her business in diamond and jewellery creating.
Personal life
Cummins was born on the Gold Coast.
Cummins was engaged to former Olympic beach volleyball player Lee Zahner however they separated in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/beach-wedding-but-when/story-e6freq7x-1111113790414 |title=Beach wedding but when? |author= |date=21 July 2007 |work=The Courier-Mail|accessdate=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609124323/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/beach-wedding-but-when/story-e6freq7x-1111113790414 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=live}}
In May 2013, Cummins announced that she was engaged to personal trainer Ben Lucas and in October 2013, they married in New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/talitha-cummins-ditches-extravagant-wedding-for-an-intimate-affair-in-new-york-to-avoid-the-temptation-of-booze/story-fni0cvc9-1226735493366 |title=Talitha Cummins ditches extravagant wedding for an intimate affair in New York to avoid the temptation of booze |last1=Harris |first1=Amy |date=9 October 2013 |work=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=20 April 2014}}
It was revealed on the ABC's Australian Story in 2016 that she has battled alcoholism. Friend and fellow journalist Chris Bath said Cummins hid her drinking well and was always professional on air.{{cite news |author=Latham, Rebecca|title=Newsreader Talitha Cummins puts alcoholic past behind her as she embraces motherhood|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-10/talitha-cummins-shares-her-struggle-with-alcohol-addiction/7868812 |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |date=2016-10-10 |access-date=2024-03-22 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050926165149/http://www.seven.com.au/news/profile_050822_talithacummins Profile on www.seven.com]
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Category:Australian television journalists
Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian women journalists
Category:Australian women television presenters