Nine Radio Sydney news director and news reader Natalie Peters has announced she will be leaving 2GB after 12 years in radio.
Peters shared the news on Wednesday morning on Ben Fordham Live and was joined by Ray Hadley.
Peters shared her gratitude to the audience and the station for allowing her the opportunity to break some of the biggest news stories for the past decade from around the world.
“I remember, as a rookie, telling the great Glenn Daniel my dream was to report on the Olympics; I would never have imagined I’d be on the ground in London, Sochi, Rio and PyeongChang doing just that. It has truly been a privilege,” she said.
“Radio is a team effort, and at 2GB I’ve been lucky to work with the best team in the business; presenters, producers, panel operators, technicians, engineers and lawyers, as well as syndication, promotions, marketing, sales, IT, digital, creative, traffic, the other traffic, research, finance, payroll, people and culture, reception and of course management.
“It’s also been exciting to work with the broader Nine family – what a force,” she said.
Peters gave a special shout-out to her team in the newsroom. She said: “Over the years, we’ve always had an incredibly dedicated, talented and caring group of journalists, and I’m so proud of all we’ve done. One of our journalists once commented that when you sit down for a shift in our newsroom, you know the person who came before you did absolutely everything they could to set you up for success.
“We’ve really created a culture of teamwork, kindness and support, and I’ll miss this news team when I head on the next adventure,” she concluded.
Peters will wrap up her time at 2GB this week, and will read her last bulletin at 6pm tomorrow. Peters will move into the communications sector.
Ray Hadley also shared a special tribute to Peters and revealed that when he was told about her leaving, he was “genuinely shocked.”
“I guess when you’ve been here for 22 years you think colleagues like Nat will be here forever. As I’m probably the last of the old guard I guess it would appropriate for me to share with you that Natalie Peters has always been a ‘lifter’ and never a ‘leaner’”.
Hadley noted that Peters “has always been front and centre” of an important news story.
“As a news editor of breakfast and then news director she hasn’t been scared to confront some presenters who thought her editorial decisions were incorrect. I guess they forgot while advice is always welcome in the newsroom, orders were not welcome,” he said.
Hadley concluded: “Nat is a formidable woman and a great mentor to young journalists. Nat Peters will be greatly missed but I join with all of you in wishing her well for her next adventure.”
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