Ross Symonds
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Ross Symonds is a former news presenter for the Seven Network
in Sydney from the 1980s until the early 2000s.
Symonds began his career with ABC Radio in Brisbane
in his teenage years, and then went to Sydney
with ABC radio and television to become ABC's Senior National News Presenter. After 12 years in the position, Symonds joined Channel Seven
in Sydney as the station's main news presenter. He was paired with Ann Sanders
on both Seven Nightly News
and Seven's news program 11AM
, on which he was the featured news reader for much of the program's life.
Symonds presented his last Seven News Sydney
bulletin on December 5, 2003, alongside Ann Sanders
. They had presented together since 1998. Symonds then worked as a casual news reader at Radio 2 in Sydney in 2005. The station closed its operations at Homebush in 2006.
Symonds has won the Better Hearing Australia News Presenters' Clear Speech Award nine times, as well as Best Metropolitan News Presenter.
In 2007 he joined a real estate
firm on Sydney's Upper North Shore.
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
in Sydney from the 1980s until the early 2000s.
Symonds began his career with ABC Radio in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
in his teenage years, and then went to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
with ABC radio and television to become ABC's Senior National News Presenter. After 12 years in the position, Symonds joined Channel Seven
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
in Sydney as the station's main news presenter. He was paired with Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Sanders is currently the presenter of Seven Morning News and she also presents hourly Seven News updates through The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.-Career:...
on both Seven Nightly News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
and Seven's news program 11AM
11AM (TV series)
11AM was a news magazine program that aired on the Seven Network from 11am AEST to midday from 1975 to 1999.The hour-long news program started in 1975 with Roger Climpson presenting, with a number of high-profile presenters since, including Clive Robertson, Vincent Smith, Paul Lyneham, Kerry...
, on which he was the featured news reader for much of the program's life.
Symonds presented his last Seven News Sydney
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...
bulletin on December 5, 2003, alongside Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Sanders is currently the presenter of Seven Morning News and she also presents hourly Seven News updates through The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.-Career:...
. They had presented together since 1998. Symonds then worked as a casual news reader at Radio 2 in Sydney in 2005. The station closed its operations at Homebush in 2006.
Symonds has won the Better Hearing Australia News Presenters' Clear Speech Award nine times, as well as Best Metropolitan News Presenter.
In 2007 he joined a real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
firm on Sydney's Upper North Shore.