Matt Wordsworth

Matt Wordsworth is an Australian television presenter.[1]

Wordsworth is a former weeknight presenter of ABC News Queensland in Brisbane.

Wordsworth attended Brisbane State High School.

Career

In January 2018, it was announced he was chosen by the ABC as the new Monday to Thursday anchor of ABC News Queensland.[2] Wordsworth replaced Karina Carvalho who had relocated to Sydney to present a national news bulletin on the ABC News channel.[3][4]

Wordsworth hosted the ABC's state political program 7.30 Queensland until it was axed in late 2014.[5]

He was also a regular Friday night presenter of the ABC's national current affairs program Lateline in its final year on air in 2017.[6]

On 2 March 2023, Matt presented his last ABC Brisbane News program. He left the ABC to work in the private sector.

References

  1. ^ Matt Wordsworth sells in Camperdown, news.com.au, 10 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ Knox, David (16 January 2018. Matt Wordsworth to anchor ABC News Qld, TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. ^ Price, Amy (8 January 2018) ABC anchor Karina Carvalho lands national news job, The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ^ Price, Amy (15 January 2018) ABC News Queensland finds replacement for Karina Carvalho in Matt Wordsworth, The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ^ Bochenski, Natalie (25 November 2014) Less scrutiny of state politics after 7.30 Qld axed: expert, Brisbane Times. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. ^ Quinn, Karl (31 January 2017) Lateline returns to ABC, without Tony Jones and Emma Alberici, The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
Media offices
Preceded by ABC News QLD
Mondays to Thursdays Presenter
January 2018 – March 2023 		Succeeded by
Jessica van Vonderen (Sun-Thu)


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