Seven’s Jane Doyle (pictured) this week celebrates 30 years at the news desk.
Doyle has nearly 40 years’ experience as a print, radio and television journalist, with her media career starting with a cadetship at a newspaper in far north Queensland in 1980.
In 1981 Doyle moved with her husband Ian to SA where she worked for The Recorder newspaper in Port Pirie and ABC Radio station 5CK as a casual announcer until 1983 when the couple moved to Adelaide.
Doyle returned to print journalism with a two-and-a-half-year stint as TV Week’s Adelaide bureau chief before joining ABC Adelaide in 1986 where she worked in radio and television until 1989.
Doyle joined 7News in 1989 and has continued in that role while undertaking a wide range of other broadcast duties for Seven Adelaide.
She read her first 7News bulletin on August 28, 1989.
7News Adelaide news director Chris Salter said: “Not a day goes by when Jane doesn’t bring her A game, her professionalism is second to none.
“Jane is far more than newsreader, she’s the matriarch of the newsroom – a friend and mentor to so many.
“To be welcomed into the homes of South Australians for three decades is an incredible achievement. At a time when news comes from more sources than ever, Jane and John bring experience, trust and credibility. It’s why more people are switching to 7News.”
Last year 7NEWS with Jane Doyle and John Riddell was the #1 regular program on television in SA – out ranking every other regular entertainment or sporting program on offer across all networks.
In March this year 7News clocked up 500 successive weeks at #1 in survey – a record landmark moment for television in South Australia, cementing the longest running victory on record of any news bulletin in Adelaide.
The winning sequence started in August 2006.
This year will mark 7News Adelaide’s 19th consecutive year at #1.