JESSICA ROWE

'Jessica Rowe' (born 1970) is an Australian television journalist and presenter. Rowe attended Sydney Girls High School in Sydney, and completed a Communications degree at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.

Contents

Biography

Early career

''Today Show''

Seven Network

Personal life

References

External links

Biography

Early career

At 22 years old, Jessica started her career at Channel Nine as a receptionist for ''Nine's Wide World of Sports''. She made her on-air debut as a weather presenter on Prime Television in Canberra. She was later spotted by Network Ten executives, and was made a main newsreader. She read Ten Sydney's flagship 5pm ''Ten News'' bulletin with Ron Wilson for almost 11 years, from 1995 until the end of 2005.

''Today Show''

In 2005 Rowe signed a contract valued at $500,000 to host the Nine Network's ''Today Show'', which she briefly co-hosted with Karl Stefanovic from late January until early December 2006. Ten took Rowe to court over her defection, claiming that a clause in their contract with Rowe prevented her from starting at Nine until June 2006. The case was dismissed on December 30, 2005, Court clears Rowe's move to Nine allowing Rowe to debut on the show January 30, 2006
Rowe's early tenure with the Nine Network's ''Today'' Show was disastrous. There was public criticism of her presentation style on this breakfast television show, a style which was perceived by many as "annoying". Jessica's annoying Laugh Additionally, Rowe was embarrassed on May 30, 2006 by a gaffe in which Australian Brigadier Michael Slater revealed during a live cross that the interview from Dili, East Timor was being stage managed. Brigadier tells it like it is Brigadier catches Nine off guard Nine Network CEO Eddie McGuire made a public statement in June 2006 falsely stating the claims Rowe was to be "sacked" were part of a "a malicious and unprecedented vilification campaign" McGuire forced to back star This followed the sworn evidence in an affidavit from Nine's former head of news Mark Llewellyn that McGuire had threatened to "bone" Jessica Rowe during a meeting with executives McGuire hits back On July 26, 2006, she fell down six stairs at her Sydney home and suffered a broken wrist, but her unborn baby was uninjured. Rowe breaks wrist in fall She went back to work on the Today show on the following Monday. Rowe back with a smile
On 6 May 2007, it was announced that Rowe had left the Nine Network due to "payment disputes".^[1]

Seven Network

The Sydney Morning Herald had reported on 23 July that Rowe will return as a newsreader for Seven News. She will also be a contestant in the new series of Dancing with the Stars.^[2]

Personal life

On July 21 2006, Jessica Rowe announced on the ''Today'' Show that she was 3½ months pregnant. Further, in an interview with the ''Australian Women's Weekly'' of August 22, 2006, she said that her baby was due on January 22, 2007. The baby was conceived after four IVF attempts. A Rowe of hurdles She began maternity leave from the Today show on December 8, 2006. Sarah Murdoch was her temporary replacement, however presented the show longer than originally intended. Murdoch takes summer job in the Packer camp Kellie Connolly replaced Murdoch, and was eventually replaced by Lisa Wilkinson.
Rowe gave birth to daughter Allegra Penelope Overton on January 18, 2007, three days ahead of the due date.

References

1. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21679187-10229,00.html
2. Rowe lands Seven gig after postnatal depression - The Sydney Morning Herald, ''23 July 2007''

External links

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★ "Jessica Rowe - My Best Times" in Good Medicine magazine, October 2004

★ "Out of the darkness" Sixty Minutes, February 29, 2004