Amelia Adams

Amelia Adams
Amelia Adams
	Adams in 2023
Born	Amelia Charlton
Education	Charles Sturt University
Occupations	Journalist; news presenter; producer; reporter;
Years active	2003–present
Employer	Nine Network
Television	Nine News; 60 Minutes Australia
Spouse	Luke Adams (m. 2008; sep. 2022)
Children	2

Australian journalist, news presenter, producer and reporter

Amelia Adams (née Charlton) is an Australian journalist, news presenter, producer and reporter.

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.

References

^ a b "Amelia Adams". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ "New Euro correspondent for Nine News". TV Tonight. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ Knox, David (12 November 2021). "Kennedy Awards 2021: Winners". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Amelia Adams to join 60 Minutes". TV Tonight. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "Amelia Adams, 60 Minutes Reporter 60 Minutes News Team - 9News". 15 January 2021.
^ "Meet the ttn presenters". Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ "Amelia Charlton's Big Splash". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ "Reading news all in a mum's day's work for Amelia Adams". Daily Telegraph. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2015.