Adrienne Francis (born 1978) is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and presenter on

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Early life

Francis grew up in Sydney and spent considerable time in

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in the

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of New South Wales. Adrienne attended the

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, reading

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before launching her career in media.

Career

Francis has worked for the ABC since 2003 in TV and Radio News. She was initially posted in the

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, whre she was a rural reporter based in

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, before moving to Darwin to host the Northern Territory Country Hour. In 2006 she won the ABC Local Radio’s Rural Reporter of the Year. Francis has worked at ABC Canberra since 2010, where she presents the ABC's flagship TV and Radio News bulletins in the ACT and writes for their digital news service. She has also worked as a television current affairs reporter for 7.30 ACT, which was one of Canberra's most popular TV programs.

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1978 births Australian television newsreaders and news presenters Journalists from Sydney Living people Australian women television journalists {{Australia-journalist-stub