First Edition (Australian TV program)
| First Edition | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News, breakfast television, Current affairs |
| Presented by | Peter Stefanovic (2019-present) Laura Jayes (2018-present) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Sydney Canberra |
| Running time | 3 hours (inc. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky News Australia |
| Release | At least 2002 - present |
First Edition is an Australian breakfast television news program broadcast on Sky News Australia. The program is currently co-hosted by Laura Jayes and Peter Stefanovic. The program is one of four breakfast news programs in Australia, competing with Sunrise, Today and News Breakfast.[1] The program airs seven days a week.[2]
The program is unusual for the fact that since 2014[3] it is broadcast from two locations, with Jayes co-hosting from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, and Gilbert hosting from studios in Parliament House, Canberra.[1] Additionally, the program also transitions into political commentary program AM Agenda at 8:30am AEST, which Gilbert hosted solo until October 2018, after which he was joined by Jayes.[4]
Weekend editions of the program were trimmed with the launch of Saturday Edition and Sunday Edition from 9 July 2016.[5] Amy Greenbank, Tom Connell and Leanne Jones have served as substitute anchors of the program.[6][7][8]
History
The program is one of the longest running formats still broadcast on Sky News, having been on-air since at least 2002.[9] Previous presenters of the program have included John Gatfield,[10] Michael Willesee, Jr.,[11] Vanessa Grimm[11] (née Trezise), Amber Sherlock,[12] Leigh Hatcher,[4] Susanne Latimore,[4] Nina Stevens[4] (née May) and Terry Willesee.[4] Brooke Corte stepped down as host in September 2018 to become primetime anchor of Your Money, and was replaced by Laura Jayes.[13]
Peter Stefanovic replaced Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor in July 2019.[14]
Special editions
On 7 November 2014, the program was broadcast from a Sydney Airport aircraft hangar, following a recent partnership deal between Sky News and Qantas.[15] As part of the arrangement, Corte presented in-flight news bulletins on Qantas flights.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News". MediaWeek. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (12 June 2013). "Terry Willesee resigns from SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (17 March 2016). "Michael Willesee leaves SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Knox, David (31 January 2012). "SKY News adds Darwin bureau, national bulletin from Perth". TV Tonight.
- ^ "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (20 January 2017). "Australia Day on SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (21 April 2017). "SKY News: ANZAC Day". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (4 May 2017). "SKY News: Budget 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Sky News Australia [On Air Schedule]". web.archive.org. 5 December 2002. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Sky News - First Edition 2004". YouTube. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Murfett, Andrew (22 December 2005). "Seeing hope in a cloudy Sky". The Age. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Great Expectations - Media Speakers - Amber Sherlock". Great Expectation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Tutty, Josie (30 September 2018). "Laura Jayes joins Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor of Sky News' First Edition and AM Agenda". Mumbrella. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Carty, Sarah (27 May 2019). "Former Nine star lands new breakfast show gig". Yahoo Lifestyle.
- ^ Knox, David (7 November 2014). "First Edition Live from the hangar". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 May 2016.