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SBS reporter joins Sunday Night

World News Australia reporter and presenter Peta-Jane Madam is leaving SBS to join Seven's Sunday Night as a reporter.

World News Australia‘s Peta-Jane Madam is leaving SBS to join Seven’s Sunday Night as a reporter.

She has been a reporter and presenter for World News Australia since 2008. She has also worked as a producer and reporter for Nine News in Sydney.

Mark Llewellyn, executive producer of Sunday Night said: “We’re thrilled to have PJ on board, even more thrilled than she is to be part of Australia’s leading news and public affairs program! Her friends at SBS will miss her but we will happily introduce her to a previously unknown commodity, an audience. All jokes aside, she was a stand-out talent there and we are certain she will exceed our expectations on Sunday Night.

Madam added: “This is my dream job. To be covering stories from all corners of the globe and speaking to people from all walks of life is a huge opportunity. I am sad to be leaving SBS but look forward to a new challenge on another great network.”

Her first story will air this Sunday, looking at the U.S. desert festival the Burning Man festival in Nevada.

10 Responses

  1. I agree that Mark Llewellyn’s comment about an audience is downright offensive.
    With commercial TV floundering (admittedly more so in the case of Nine and Ten), to make such a comment just smacks of arrogance. I would also suggest that while Seven’s audience may be larger than SBS’s, the audience for SBS is probably much more loyal to the network.

  2. Does she really think she’s going to amount to anything on Seven ?

    I wish her the best of luck but with SBS there was always a role for her and I’m afraid she might be dumped after a year on Seven.

  3. Mark Llewellyn, executive producer of Sunday Night said: ”We’re thrilled to have PJ on board, even more thrilled than she is to be part of Australia’s leading news and public affairs program! Her friends at SBS will miss her but we will happily introduce her to a previously unknown commodity, an audience.

    As previously mentioned….this typifies the execs in the tv industry and I actually think ch7 are better than ch9 or ch10……not much hope is there?

  4. I think SBS has a really good team of news staff, not sure how she’ll fare at SN. Not a big fan of the stories there to be honest, nothing like what you’d get on Dateline.

  5. @Mr J
    I came on to write the exact same thing.

    I also want to see more of Mike Willesse. Maybe they should have less ‘guest reporters’. Also, Im looking forward to seeing Tony Squires (Which I am really missing from 7news Sydney, can’t cop Wilson), wonder when his first report is?

  6. It feels like SN is adding a new reporter every week. the show only has about 3 reports per week, the 3 full timers ross, rahni and alex seem to take a lot of the spots. there is not going to be much room for PJ, tony squires, mike willese ect.

  7. She was a good reporter/presenter on World News Australia. But does she have any idea that Seven are only interested in her looks? That she’s a good journalist is just considered a bonus for Sunday Night.

    “To be covering stories from all corners of the globe and speaking to people from all walks of life” is now something she used to do. From now on it’ll be sex scandals, xenophobic stories, & how the “toxic carbon tax” will hit pensioners hard. I hope her bigger pay packet comforts her when she’ll be eventually asked to leave her ethics at the door.

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