Leigh McClusky

Leigh McClusky is an Australian journalist and presenter who works for Channel 7 in Adelaide. She held the role of presenter of Today Tonight South Australia from 30 January 1995 to 17th August 2007.

She started her career as a cadet reporter for the Melbourne Herald in 1979. Since then she has worked throughout the Australian media. Leigh was also a feature writer for the Australian Associated Press, as well as a researcher and reporter for the ABC program "The Investigators". She has also worked on country newspapers and spent two years reporting with Channel Nine's "A Current Affair".

In 1992 Leigh moved to Adelaide to present the ABC's "The 7.30 Report", which at that time was state-based.

When the program became national in 1995, Kerry O'Brien took the role of presenting the program. Leigh then moved to Channel Seven where she started hosting the new state-based current affairs program "Today Tonight", where she remained the anchor ever since the program started until August 2007.

Since March 2001 Leigh has taken Today Tonight South Australia's ratings above "A Current Affair" which is produced nationally.

Leigh gave birth to a son, Murdoch, in 2002 and a daughter, Sigourney, in 2006.

On 6 July 2007 Leigh made the announcement that she was going to leave "Today Tonight" as she was expecting twins, and will not return. It was speculated that the relief presenter Rosanna Mangiarelli will take over her role, which was confirmed by Seven on Sunday, July 15 2007. [cite web
title = Leigh leaves TT on a high
work = Adelaide Now
date = 2007-07-06
url = http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22030290-5012985,00.html
accessdate = 2007-07-09 ]

On August 17, Leigh anchored her final show which concluded with members of the TT and 7 News teams, plus her husband and children joining her on set. The following December she gave bith to twins, a boy, Joch, and a girl, Tawney.

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External links

* [http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/teambio/6198/leigh-mcclusky Profile on Today Tonight Website]