Jessica Adamson
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Jessica Adamson (born Template:Birth based on age as of date) is an Australian journalist and TV presenter, mainly known for her coverage of crime and world events on Seven News. since 2024[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". she is a columnist for The Advertiser, and part of the news team at Adelaide radio station FIVEaa.
Early life and education
Jessica Adamson was born in Template:Birth based on age as of date.[1] She grew up on a farm at Hallett, in the Mid North of South Australia.[2]
She completed a journalism degree at the University of South Australia.[2]
Career
Adamson started her journalism career working at the Stock Journal.[2]
She joined 7News in 1997.[2] She spent much of her career there as a crime reporter, but has also acted as foreign correspondent at times, covering the 2004 Asian tsunami; the Olympic Games in Sydney, Athens, and Beijing;[3] the 2002 Bali bombings; and the Bali Nine drug trials.[2]
In December 2014, Adamson was announced as weekend presenter on Seven News Adelaide, replacing Graeme Goodings. She began her new role on 24 January 2015.[1]
On 14 October 2019, Adamson commenced an eight-week period of filling in for Jodie Oddy on the Mix 102.3 radio breakfast show while Oddy was on maternity leave.[4]
On 23 June 2020, Adamson left the Seven Network due to budget cuts.[5]
She is a columnist for The Advertiser, reporting on a variety of topics.[6]
In January 2024, she joined the news team at Adelaide radio station FIVEaa, along with Graeme Goodings.[7]
Other activities
Adamson's first television appearance was in the late 1980s, when she appeared with her sister on Nine Network variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday.[8] Adamson and her sister Amy competed on the show's talent segment Red Faces, where they performed as an act called Ben Sullivan's Sisters, staging a brief routine called "Can't Blow the Candle Out".[8][9]
Adamson also performs the role of guest speaker at events.[2] She was a keynote speaker at the ANZPAA Police Conference 2024.[10]
She is a board member of the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation and the Adelaide Crows Foundation, and an ambassador for CanTeen and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.[10]
Awards
- 2006: SA Journalist of the Year[2]
- 2015: Best Broadcaster of the Year at the SA Press Club Awards[2]
Personal life
Adamson is married to David Adamson, brother of playwright Samuel Adamson.[11] and they have three children.[2]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (30 September 2019) Adelaide's Mix 102.3 announces breakfast line-up changes as Jodie Oddy heads off on maternity leave, Mumbrella. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Bryant, Daniel (23 October 2019) Video of Jess Adamson on Red Faces uncovered, Mix 102.3, Australian Radio Network. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ↑ Red Faces - Ben Sullivan's Sisters, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Somers Carroll. Accessed 24 October 2019.
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".