Sharyn Ghidella has confirmed her exciting new job after her shock axing from Channel Seven.
The Queensland-based news presenter, 57, was sacked from 7News last month after 17 years with the network amid a string of media job cuts.
She has now confirmed she will be joining Network 10 to anchor the 5pm Queensland news bulletin in an exciting new venture.
Her move to the network will also bring the 10 News First show back to its Brisbane studios after years of it being read from Sydney.
Sharyn described her new job as a ‘full-circle moment’ as she returns to Network 10 after beginning her metro news career with the channel back in 1990.
‘Returning to 10 News First feels like coming home,’ the veteran broadcaster said in a statement.
‘Network 10 gave me my first big break in the early 90s, and to be back here, delivering a local news service for Queenslanders, is beyond exciting.’
10 News First’s current presenter Sandra Sully will hand over the reins to Sharyn next month, saying she is ‘thrilled’ Sharyn is taking on the role.
Sharyn Ghidella has confirmed her exciting new job after her shock axing from Channel Seven last month amid a string of media job cuts
‘I’ve known Sharyn for many years, and I’m thrilled to be handing the Brisbane bulletin over to another Queenslander,’ she said.
‘It’s wonderful to have our local news in such good hands, and I’m delighted to welcome Sharyn home to 10. I can’t wait to see the great things she and our local Queensland team will do together.’
Erin Edwards, Executive Editor 10 News First Queensland, added: ‘Sharyn is a masterful journalist. She deep dives into every story to give Queenslanders the facts without fuss.
‘Sharyn loves Queensland. She understands Queensland. We can’t wait to start a new chapter at 10 News First Queensland.’
Sharyn grew up in the North Queensland town of Babinda and got a Bachelor of Business Communications in Brisbane, before kicking off a career in journalism.
She was recruited by Brisbane’s Channel 10 newsroom at the age of 24 as an on-the-road reporter and update presenter.
Sharyn moved to Sydney’s Nine Network in 1992 and became a regular newsreader on the Today Show, before moving to the Seven Network in 2007.
She has presented the network’s Brisbane bulletin since 2013 but was axed from her role after 17 years last month.
Sharyn confirmed the news of her job loss in a fiery Facebook post, revealing how she learnt of her role being cut while at the hair salon.
She has confirmed she will be joining Network 10 anchoring the 5pm Queensland news bulletin in an exciting new venture
After several anxious weeks of job cuts, she took aim at the failing network for prioritising gimmicks like astrology readings over keeping veteran talent.
‘When you work in TV for as long as I have, not a day goes by when you aren’t expecting the proverbial tap on the shoulder… After 38 years, my shoulder tap has finally come,’ she began.
‘It wasn’t quite how I expected it to end at Channel Seven. I was actually sitting at the hairdressers for work, when I got the call informing me, that after 17 years with the network, my time was up.’
She said her recent time at the network had been ‘miserable’ and she was glad to be heading out the door.
‘While somewhat saddened by this decision, there is also some sense of relief. As has been widely reported, the past couple of weeks in TV has, sadly, been a miserable affair,’ she wrote.
‘A long list of talented, loyal and dedicated employees have been shown the door, in what seems to have been an interminable process of pulling the Band-Aid off slowly when it comes to removing what has been deemed excess stock.
‘These people are some of the best content creators in the business. They are good people and it’s been heartbreaking to watch.’
She said she wasn’t a fan of the network’s rebranding of its news programming, which will see comedian Mark Humphries doing a comedy skit at 6.57pm tonight, and ‘Astro Tash’ start an astrology report next week.
The Queensland-based news presenter, 57, was sacked from 7News last month after 17 years with the network in a shock cost-cutting move
‘I’m also not one to have my evening news served up with humour and horoscopes either, so, to be honest, it is time to go,’ she went on.
‘As I’m known to say, the caravan moves on. There is certainly plenty of talent left in the building and I wish them nothing but the best moving forward.’
She ended her post by thanking the many friends she had made throughout her long career with the network.
There has been a cost-cutting bloodbath at Seven as the network’s news division comes under new management.
Three major names to go at the network include veterans Robert Ovadia, Andrew Frampton and seasoned Melbourne crime reporter Cameron Baud.
