- Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage (born
September 4 ,1977 ) is anAustralian journalist and television news reporter. She is currently presenter of "Seven's 4.30 News", and co-host ofWeekend Sunrise , alongsideAndrew O'Keefe , replacingLisa Wilkinson who defected to theNine Network . She is also a regular fill-in presenter for variousSeven News network bulletins.Biography
Early life
Armytage studied journalism at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst. As a student, she was a broadcaster with the on-campus community radio station
2MCE -FM.Career
She began her career at
WIN Television in Canberra in 1999, following this she joined Sky News in 2002 and was chief political reporter. She joined Seven in April 2003.In December 2004, she landed her first major presenting role, filling-in presenting the
Sydney 6pm weeknight news over the Summer non-ratings period. Following the non-ratings period she has had stints presenting the national Morning News bulletin, the national late news updates, and filling in presenting Sydney's local news bulletin.In 2005 and 2006, Armytage was the regular presenter on
Sydney 's edition ofSeven News on Fridays. When Ian Ross went on holidays in late June to early July 2006, Sam presented the weekend edition of Seven News. This was also the case over summer 2006.Armytage replaced Mike Amor as host of Seven's 4.30 News.
Mike Amor had replacedRebecca Maddern as presenter when the network moved production from the Melbourne broadcast centre to the Sydney studios, in what proved to be (in ratings terms) a bad decision.Occasionally she presents Seven Late News Updates and fills in for
Today Tonight East Coast.External links & References
* [http://www.seven.com.au/news/profile_050225_samarmytage Biography on Seven Website]
* [http://au.news.yahoo.com Seven News website]
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