Tracey Holmes
Tracey Holmes (b. 1966), an Australian journalist, is a presenter on ABC NewsRadio, since January 2014, with an extensive career in television and radio, specialising predominantly in sport.
Tracey Holmes | |
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Holmes and husband Stan Grant in 2008 | |
| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Stan Grant[1] |
| Children | 3[2] |
Career edit
Born 1966 in Sydney to a surfing family Holmes began her work in 1989 as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was Australia's first female host of a national sports programme, Grandstand.[3] From 1996 to 1998, she worked as a media spokesperson for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). In 1998, she co-hosted SBS' presentation of the FIFA World Cup. She appeared on the nightly World Cup Show during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.[citation needed]
From 1998 to 2000, she worked as a sports presenter for television station Channel Seven. Her contract was terminated amid some controversy in mid-2000.[4] Holmes then moved overseas with her husband, journalist Stan Grant, and worked as a sports broadcaster in Hong Kong and Beijing.[1][2]
In 2006, Holmes returned to Sydney. She acted as fill-in presenter for Richard Glover's radio drive program on 702 ABC Sydney during the 2006/2007 summer break. In February 2007, Holmes was re-appointed as the ABC Radio Grandstand announcer, taking over from Simone Thurtell who moved to 1233 ABC Newcastle as Drive presenter.
In 2009 Holmes left Grandstand to again follow her husband who was working for CNN as a reporter in Abu Dhabi. Holmes worked for CNN in the middle East covering social issues, business and sport. In 2011, Holmes re-joined China's English-language news channel CCTV News as an anchor, a position she also held in 2005 and 2006.[citation needed]
Holmes returned to the ABC in 2014, as a news anchor on ABC NewsRadio.[5]
In 2021, Holmes was at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and filing stories for ABC News Online and interviews on ABC Radio in Australia.[6]
In October 2023, Holmes announced her resignation from ABC ending her time with the broadcaster on 30 November.[7]
Personal life edit
Holmes started a relationship with Stan Grant in 2000, and this caused them to leave Channel 7. In the next year, they had a son, Jesse, and soon afterward Grant was offered a broadcasting position with CNN in Hong Kong. It was there that Holmes studied Buddhism. Two years later, Grant was offered a CNN correspondent position in Beijing and they moved to mainland China.[8]
In the late 2010s, Holmes was made aware of how her maternal great-great-grandfather was a Joseph Lin, a doctor of Chinese medicine, who had moved to Australia from Amoi in Fujian Province in the 1850s, to serve the needs of Chinese gold miners at Cooma in southern New South Wales. He later settled in Gundagai (coincidentally, Grant's tribal Wiradjuri country) with an Anglo wife, Elizabeth (née Wood), having three children.[8]
When their Chinese family name caused teasing of the children, the name was changed to Holmes, the name of Elizabeth's first husband who had died. Holmes and Grant have claimed that people in China looked at their son, Jesse, and noted Chinese facial features.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Stan Grant: 'I've put the past behind me'". News.com.au. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Way too much for testy Tracey". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Tracey Holmes b. 1966", National Portrait Gallery, 2021
- ^ "Stan and his Holmes wrecker sacked". Media Watch (transcript). ABC TV. 21 August 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Tracey Holmes joins ABC News Radio". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Press release). nUmBRELLA. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Tokyo Olympics might be without crowds, but the atmosphere is still surprisingly awesome, Tracey Holmes in Tokyo, ABC News Online, 2021-07-28
- ^ Crowe, Alex (28 October 2023). "Tracey Holmes resigns from ABC". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ a b c 'Tracey's got a secret': Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes open up about their relationship and a surprise twist from the past, Tracey Spring, ABC News Online, 2021-10-23