Channel Seven has announced that its weekend news in Sydney will have a fresh look.
The troubled network has confirmed that weather presenter Angie Asimus will co-host the 6pm bulletin from Friday to Sunday, alongside news veteran Michael Usher.
Longtime Seven journo Asimus, 39, will continue presenting the weather for Sydney’s weekly news with Mark Ferguson and Angela Cox on the desk.
Former Sunrise substitute Asimus said her new gig was a “dream come true.”
“Journalism has given me a front-row seat to so many memorable moments in history, and now I take another seat next to someone I deeply respect,” she said in a statement.
Animus began her 16-year career for Seven Queensland in Townsville in 2008 and later earned a spot on Seven Morning News in 2013.
She joined Sydney News in 2020 as a weather presenter.
Meanwhile, Usher, 54, is a network veteran who initially started his career at Channel Nine in 1990.
Channel Seven has announced its Sydney weekend news will get a fresh look from Saturday. The network has confirmed that weather anchor Angie Asimus (right) will co-anchor the 6pm bulletin from Friday to Sunday, along with news veteran Michael Usher (left)
He joined Seven in 2016 and is known to viewers for his hard-hitting investigative pieces on Spotlight.
It comes after Sharyn Ghidella’s replacement was announced earlier this month following the much-loved presenter’s controversial departure from Channel Seven in July.
Sarah Greenhalgh will act as co-anchor of 7News Brisbane’s 6pm bulletin, it was revealed on Friday.
Seven journo Asimus, 39, meanwhile, will continue presenting the weather for Sydney’s regular weekly news, with Mark Ferguson and Angela Cox on the desk
Greenhalgh, a respected industry star known for her reporting on global conflict, will join Max Futcher from Monday 21 October.
Coming home to my original 7News family is a huge thrill,” Greenhalgh said in a statement.
Her new co-star Futcher chimed in: “I can’t wait for our viewers to get to know Sarah too, as we share the news that matters to them every weeknight.”
Greenhalgh is a winner of the Walkley and Kennedy Award and was previously part of the 7News Spotlight investigative team.
Ghidella, meanwhile, made her return to the airwaves in September when she started her new gig on Channel 10 news.
The Queensland-based news presenter, 57, was fired from 7News of 17 years earlier this year amid a series of media job cuts.
She has now joined Network 10 to anchor Queensland’s 5pm news bulletin.
Ghidella has presented the network’s Brisbane bulletin since 2013, but was dismissed from her role after 17 years.
A long line of seven employees have been laid off amid the network’s cost-cutting carnage in recent months.
A long line of seven employees have been laid off amid the network’s cost-cutting carnage in recent months. Pictured: Michael Usher and Kylie Gillies
Seven West Media have laid off 150 editorial staff in a series of redundancies that have claimed big names including Ghidella and Queensland veteran weatherman Paul Burt.
Seven Network’s recently appointed news and current affairs boss Anthony De Ceglie has replaced section leaders across the country with younger managers.
He has also introduced a Friday night comedy spot and astrology to the news.
Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide all have new news directors and new executive producers have taken charge of Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and Spotlight.
The network has also suspended veterans Robert Ovadia, Andrew Frampton and veteran Melbourne crime reporter Cameron Baud, known among friends as the ‘Harvester of Sorrow’ for his grim news reporting.
On the Sydney front, Ovadia – perhaps the most prominent of all the figures dropped up to Ghidella’s – has announced he will take Seven to the Fair Work Commission for unfair dismissal.