Talitha Cummins

Talitha Cummins is an Australian journalist.

Talitha Cummins
Born	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia^[1]
Spouse	Ben Lucas^[2]
Children	2

Cummins has previously been a news presenter on Weekend Sunrise, reporter for Seven News and weather presenter on Seven News Brisbane.^[1]

Career

Cummins has worked in many of Seven's Queensland’s bureaus, she started out at Maroochydore before moving onto Cairns.^[1] She joined the Seven Brisbane team in 2004 as a reporter.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, she was promoted to weeknight weather presenter for Seven News in Brisbane.^{[citation needed]} However, after the bulletin continued to lag behind Nine News Queensland and Ten News Brisbane in the ratings, Cummins was relegated to weekend duties, replaced on weeknights by former Nine weatherman John Schluter from February 2007. She occasionally filled-in for the local Brisbane bulletin when either Kay McGrath or Sharyn Ghidella were on holiday or ill.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2007, Cummins joined Weekend Sunrise as a news presenter on Sunday mornings. She held the position until July 2008 where she was replaced by Sharyn Ghidella.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Cummins moved to Sydney, where she is a reporter for Seven News Sydney and a fill in presenter on Seven Morning News and Seven Afternoon News.^[1]

In January 2014, Cummins was appointed news presenter on Weekend Sunrise replacing Jessica Rowe. Cummins remained in the role until she went on maternity leave in September 2016.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2017, it was revealed that the Seven Network had dismissed Cummins whilst she was on maternity leave.^[3]

Cummins is also a casual Triple M Sydney newsreader.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Cummins was born on the Gold Coast.

Cummins was engaged to former Olympic beach volleyball player Lee Zahner however they separated in 2010.^[4]

In May 2013, Cummins announced that she is engaged to personal trainer Ben Lucas and in October 2013, they married in New York.^[2]

It was revealed on the ABC's Australian Story (10 October 2016) that she has battled alcoholism.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. . Yahoo!7 News. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
2. Harris, Amy (9 October 2013). "Talitha Cummins ditches extravagant wedding for an intimate affair in New York to avoid the temptation of booze". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
3. "Talitha Cummins loses Weekend Sunrise job while on maternity leave". NewsComAu. from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
4. "Beach wedding but when?". Courier Mail. 21 July 2007. from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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Preceded by Simon Reeve Jessica Rowe	Weekend Sunrise News presenter June 2007 – July 2008 January 2014 – September 2016	Succeeded by Sharyn Ghidella Sally Bowrey
Preceded by Tracey Challenor	Seven News Brisbane Weekend weather presenter February 2007 – December 2010	Succeeded by Liz Cantor
Preceded by Kay McGrath & Rod Young	Seven News Brisbane Weeknight weather presenter April 2005 – February 2007	Succeeded by John Schulter