Vicky Jardim is an Australian television journalist and presenter. She is currently a journalist for

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Career

Jardim is a reporter and presenter for ''

'' with more than 20 years experience. After six years in ''

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'', Jardim relocated home to

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in August 2014. As well as a reporter for the Sydney 6pm News, Jardim is a regular presenter of ''

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Early Edition,

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'', the morning and afternoon bulletins and the late night updates. Jardim previously worked for the

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in Melbourne as a national television and radio reporter, filing stories for ''

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'', the 7pm News and 774 radio bulletins. She also filled-in as a presenter/producer on the ABC's Asia Pacific News. With a keen interest in

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, she worked on the ABC's National Finance Desk. Jardim has covered a wide range of stories from the Martin Place siege to the

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hearings and underworld murders. Among the highlights of her career were reporting at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and hosting a live broadcast at the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch State Memorial Service. Jardim graduated from the

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with a

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. While studying, she completed a cadetship at Channel 7 in

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and then joined Channel 9, Brisbane as a script assistant. Her first reporting job as a young journalist was at

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, where after a year she was promoted to reporter/bureau chief. She is now a reporter and journalist for ''Nine News Sydney''.

Personal life

She is married to

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’s managing director Dragi Ristevski.

References

External links

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