Amelia Adams
Australian journalist, news presenter, producer and reporter
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Amelia Adams (née Charlton) is an Australian journalist, news presenter, producer and reporter.
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- Journalist
- news presenter
- producer
- reporter
Amelia Adams | |
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Adams in 2023 | |
| Born | Amelia Charlton |
| Education | Charles Sturt University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Employer | Nine Network |
| Television | Nine News 60 Minutes Australia |
| Spouse |
Luke Adams
(m. 2008; sep. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
Career
In 2003, Adams completed a Bachelor of Communications in Journalism at Charles Sturt University and whilst she was completing her degree, she worked at Sky News Australia. She has also worked as a producer and reporter at the Seven Network on Seven News and Sunrise, and in 2005 moved to Network Ten in Brisbane to be a reporter and presenter on Ten News.[1]
Nine Network
In May 2008, Adams moved to the Nine Network in Sydney to become a general reporter on Nine News.[1] She has been a regular fill in presenter for a number of Nine News bulletins and a fill-in news presenter on Today and Weekend Today. In 2012, she presented Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News whilst regular presenter Wendy Kingston was on maternity leave.[citation needed]
In January 2013, Adams was appointed presenter for both Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News with Kingston becoming presenter of Nine News Now.[citation needed] In October 2014, Adams returned from maternity leave to front Nine News Now from Tuesday to Friday with Amber Sherlock hosting on Monday.[citation needed] In May 2016, Adams was appointed presenter of Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News while Davina Smith went on maternity leave.[citation needed]
In May 2018, Adams was appointed as Nine News Europe correspondent. She relocated to London with her family in July.[2]
Amelia remained as Europe correspondent until January 2020, she later moved to Los Angeles to become Nine News United States correspondent.[citation needed]
She received the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding TV News Reporting and Outstanding Foreign Correspondent in November 2021.[3]
In August 2022, it was announced that Adams would join 60 Minutes as a reporter, which she did later that year.[4][5]
Personal life
As the daughter of a pilot, Adams spent time growing up in France where she learnt the language.[6] In October 2008, she married freelance cameraman and photographer Luke Adams in Byron Bay.[7]
In October 2013, Adams announced that she was pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to a son in March 2014.[8] In May 2016, she announced that she was pregnant with her second child, which was born in November 2016. Amelia and Luke separated in 2022.