Angie Asimus

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Angie Asimus
Born (1985-08-12) August 12, 1985 (age 38)
Australia
Education University of Sydney
Occupation(s)News presenter, weather presenter, journalist
Employer Seven Network

Angie Asimus (born 12 August 1985) is a news presenter and journalist.

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Asimus is currently a weather presenter on Seven News Sydney and presents Seven News at 5.

Career

Asimus was originally from Gundagai (in rural New South Wales) before moving to Sydney to study Media Communications at the University of Sydney. She received a Graduate Certificate in Climate Adaptation in 2012 from the University of Southern Queensland. [1]

Asimus started her career as a journalist in 2008 with Seven Queensland working at their Townsville newsroom. In 2010, she was moved to Seven's Brisbane Newsroom initially as the court reporter.

During the 2011 floods Asimus presented the weather then soon after moved into the role of weekend weather presenter on a full-time basis. While doing this she completed a tertiary studies in climatology from the University of Southern Queensland.

In 2012, Asimus started working as a fill-in news presenter with Patrick Condren. She also previously filled in for Kay McGrath and Sharyn Ghidella regularly. [2]

On 12 July 2013, Asimus made her national debut as a news presenter on Seven Morning News and Seven Afternoon News filling in for Ann Sanders. [3]

In January 2014, Asimus moved back to Sydney, as a reporter with Seven News in Sydney and presenting the weather on Friday and Saturday.

In 2016, Asimus was appointed presenter of Seven News at 5 which airs on Saturday and Sunday.

In November 2020, Asimus was promoted to the position of Sunday to Thursday weather presenter, after David Brown returned to Melbourne.

Asimus is also a regular fill in presenter on Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise .

Personal life

In December 2019, Asimus announced that she was expecting her first child.

She gave birth to her son in April 2020.

In February 2020, Asimus married her partner of 12 years, Chris Abbott.

In August 2022, Asimus announced that she is expecting her second child.

She gave birth to her girl in January 2023.

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References

  1. "Sunny outlook for USQ alumna Angie Asimus". www.usq.edu.au. University of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. "Angie Asimus bio". Yahoo! . 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. http://www.bmag.com.au/features/past-issues/bmag261.pdf [ dead link ]