Anna Coren

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Anna Coren (born circa 1975) is an Australian journalist, who until recently was employed by the the Seven Network and host of the East Coast edition of "Today Tonight".

Career

Coren graduated from Charles Sturt University's Bathurst campus in 1996 with a Communications degree, and has spent time working for regional television networks Prime (12 months) and NBN (18 months). She was picked up by the Nine Network in 1999, and earned a spot as an on-camera reporter for "National Nine News" in early 2000. In 2002 she began presenting news updates and the "Early Morning News".

Coren's career at Seven began in December 2003, presenting late news updates and hosting the summer edition of "Today Tonight" in the place of Naomi Robson. She has since hosted many one-off events such as "Australia's Brainiest Kid", the 2005 "Edinburgh Military Tattoo", "Royal Wedding Night with Seven" and "Zero Hour - The Bali Bombings". Her role at Seven also involved filling in as newsreader with the morning news program "Sunrise". Coren also hosted Seven's factual series "True Stories".

In 2006, Coren was appointed US Correspondent for Seven News replacing Mike Amor who returned to Australia to read the 4.30 News. In this role she appeared on the Global Notebook segment for "Sunrise".

On 27 January 2007, Anna Coren was appointed presenter of "Today Tonight", replacing Naomi Robson who left the show on 1 December 2006. [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21122313-5006002,00.html End of a casual affair | The Daily Telegraph ] ] Her role as presenter of "Today Tonight" saw Coren become the frequent subject of satire by the presenters of the television show "The Chaser's War on Everything", who regularly ridicule current affairs programs such as "Today Tonight" in a segment called "What Have We Learnt from Current Affairs This Week?". They also satirise Anna Coren in particular in subsegments called "Anna Coren's Segue of the Week" and "Anna Coren's Meaningless Gibberish of the Week".

In September 2008 Coren announced that she would be leaving "Today Tonight" to take up a position with CNN in Hong Kong. [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24411978-5009160,00.html|title=Anna Coren quits Seven for Hong Kong|last=Reines|first=Ros|date=2008-09-28|publisher=news.com.au|accessdate=2008-09-28] She was replaced by Matthew White [cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/people/seven-denies-go-now-order-to-tab-tv-star/2008/10/09/1223145515483.html|title=Tomorrow Today Tonight is just another yesterday for Coren|last=Robinson|first=Georgina|date=2008-10-09|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-10-09] , with Coren presenting Today Tonight for the last time on 10 October, 2008.

References

External links

* [http://seven.com.au/news/profile_040131_annacoren "Today Tonight" official website (Anna Coren profile)]