Sarah Harris (journalist)
Australian presenter and journalist (born 1981)
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Sarah Harris (born 13 July 1981)[1] is an Australian television presenter and journalist. She is currently newsreader on Nova 96.9's Ricki‑Lee & Tim.
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- Television presenter
- journalist
Sarah Harris | |
|---|---|
Harris at the Anchorman 2 premiere in 2013 | |
| Born | 13 July 1981[1] |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1997−present |
| Known for | The Project |
| Spouse |
Tom Ward
(m. 2014; div. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
Harris previously co‑hosted Network 10's The Project and was a long‑time co‑host of the morning talk show Studio 10.[2]
Early life
Harris grew up in a block of housing commission flats in Mount Druitt, a western suburb of Sydney.[3] She has one younger brother. Her father died of prostate cancer at 50.[4] She is of Croatian descent through her grandparents, who emigrated to Australia.[5]
Career
Harris studied journalism and international business at Queensland University of Technology.[citation needed] Her journalism career started in 1997 at the Seven Network in Brisbane, where she filed reports for Seven News and later Today Tonight.[citation needed]
In June 2001, she joined Prime Gold Coast News where she was a freelance television reporter and presenter. She then moved back to the Seven Network in Brisbane where she was a cadet news reporter and writer.[citation needed]
In 2002, Harris joined the Nine Network and became a reporter, researcher, and fill-in presenter on Extra. She also joined National Nine News as a reporter and Today. She delivered live reports from the scene of the Cairns Tilt Train derailment in November 2004, as well as Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s funeral in Kingaroy in 2005. She left Today in 2005 to become a reporter and fill-in presenter on National Nine News in Brisbane.[citation needed]
In 2007, Harris moved to Sydney to become a Today reporter and a fill-in news presenter. She was also a fill-in news presenter on Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News, Nine News Sydney and Weekend Today.[citation needed]
In 2012, Harris was the main fill-in presenter for Sonia Kruger on Mornings. She also filled in for Leila McKinnon on Weekend Today whilst she was on maternity leave.[citation needed]
In August 2013, she resigned from the Nine Network to join Network Ten's then new morning program, Studio 10 as a co-host with Ita Buttrose, Joe Hildebrand and Jessica Rowe.[6] She was also a fill-in host on Network Ten program The Project.
In November 2014, Harris was announced as the host of Shark Tank.[7]
In February 2016, Harris was welcomed to the No Agenda round table as a Black Dame by Adam Curry and John C Dvorak.[8]
On 23 November 2022, Sarah announced that she would be leaving Studio 10 after hosting the show for nine years to become a new co-host of The Project in 2023 after the departure of the show's longest running co-host Carrie Bickmore in December 2022.[2][9] In June 2025, The Project was cancelled by 10, with Harris subsequently leaving the network.[10]
In February 2026, Harris was appointed newsreader for Ricki‑Lee & Tim on Nova 96.9.[11]
Personal life
Harris married information technology specialist Tom Ward in Sydney in 2014.[12] Harris and Ward have two children.[13] In March 2021, Harris announced that she and Ward are "taking time apart; however, we remain good friends and deeply committed to co-parenting our two beautiful boys".[14]
Harris prefers 90s fashion, especially Lululemon tights. Her favorite designers are Scanlan Theodore, Witchery, Cue, Carla Zampatti and Bianca Spender.[15]