Sharyn Ghidella (born 4 December 1966)
is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Career
Ghidella's career in television began in the
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its Tropical North Queensland, trop ...
region, as a reporter and presenter for North Queensland Television (now
10 QLD) for 3 years. She also produced and presented the regional weekly current affairs program, ''Newsweek''.
She moved to Brisbane to work with
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is o ...
's News division, before going to the
Nine Network
Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...
,
in 1992.
Nine Network
Initially, she was at the
Nine Network
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reporting for ''
National Nine News
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in Sydney'', writing and presenting hourly news breaks.
In 1997, she began hosting Nine's ''Daybreak'' program, which was renamed ''
National Nine Early News'' in 1998.
Returning to the early news meant she became a regular substitute host on ''
Today
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* The current day and calendar date
** Today is between and , subject to the local time zone
* Now, the time that is perceived directly, present
* The current, present era
Arts, entertainment and m ...
'' filling in for anchor
Tracy Grimshaw
Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Grimshaw is best known for her work with the Nine Network where she was the host of '' A Current Affair'' from 2006 to 2022 and the co-host of '' Today'' ...
or news presenter
Ian Ross. When Ross left the show in 2001, she became permanent news presenter, and continued as fill in host for the show.
In February 2005,
Leila McKinnon
Leila McKinnon (born 28 September 1972) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
She is a reporter and fill-in presenter for ''Nine News'' and '' A Current Affair''.
McKinnon has previously been co-host of ''Weekend Today''. In ...
replaced Ghidella on ''Today''. Ghidella moved to co-host ''National Nine Early News'' alongside Chris Smith and weather presenter
Majella Wiemers; this lasted until July 2005. Ghidella then moved back to her previous position as news presenter on ''Today'' while McKinnon moved to host ''
National Nine Morning News''.
Ghidella left ''Today'' and the Nine Network on 1 December 2006 with sources such as the AAP claiming she was upset as she worked at the network "for so long". Ghidella was replaced by
Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner (born 1 June 1970) is an Australian television and news presenter and journalist.
Gardner is currently presenter on ''Nine News#Sydney (New South Wales), Nine News Sydney.'' She has previously been a co-host and news presenter ...
.
Seven Network
In 2007, she replaced
Tracey Challenor on ''
Seven News Brisbane'' as weekend presenter.
[ Her arrival at BTQ, as well as that of former '']Nine News Queensland
''Nine News Queensland'' is the flagship state-based news bulletin of the Nine Network in Brisbane. Like all ''Nine News'' bulletins, the Queensland bulletin runs for one hour nightly at 6:00pm. The bulletin also airs, albeit on a half-hour del ...
'' weather presenter John Schluter, saw the bulletin overtake the market-leading Nine bulletin for the first time in two decades.
In January 2013, Ghidella began presenting ''Seven News Brisbane'' from Sunday to Thursday with Bill McDonald (and later Max Futcher
Max Futcher is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
He currently co-anchors the Brisbane edition of ''Seven News'' with each weeknight after being chosen to replace Bill McDonald in March 2018. Prior to joining Seven in 2014, ...
) and was also appointed presenter of '' Today Tonight Queensland''. The show was axed in February 2014.
In July 2024, Ghidella announced that she had been made redundant from the Seven Network after 17 years with the network.
Return to Network 10
In August 2024, it was announced that Ghidella would return to Network 10
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-a ...
to present a revived, local edition of '' 10 News First Queensland'' from early September, thereby segregating the Brisbane and Sydney composite bulletin that had been presented by Sandra Sully
Sandra Lee Sully (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian news presenter and journalist, currently presenting ''10 News First'' in Sydney.
Sully attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1978.
Career
Sully started out presenting ...
since September 2020.
Ghidella has filled in as a co-host on '' The Project.''
Personal life
Ghidella was born in Babinda, in Far North Queensland.[
She had a partner, freelance cameraman Paul Croll, and they have two sons.]
References
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Australian women television journalists
Australian women television presenters
Living people
People from North Queensland
Seven News presenters
1966 births