Sarah Ferguson Biography
Sarah Ferguson is an Australian media personality serving as a journalist, reporter, and television presenter. She is the host of ABC TV’s current affairs program 7.30. She is also an investigative reporter at Four Corners.
Sarah Ferguson Age
Ferguson is 58 years old. She was born on December 31, 1965, in Lagos, Nigeria.
Sarah Ferguson Height
She stands at a height of 1.68m and weighs 78kg.
Sarah Ferguson Nationality
She is Australian by nationality.
Sarah Ferguson Education
Ferguson went to New Hall, a private school for girls in Boreham, Essex, which the Catholic church ran. After that, she pursued her studies in English literature at King’s College in London. In recognition of her outstanding work in journalism, the University of Sydney awarded Ferguson an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 2017.
Sarah Ferguson Parents
Ferguson was born in Lagos, Nigeria, where her British-born parents lived before moving to Britain as the Biafran war broke out. Her Scottish father Iain, a trainee pilot turned businessman, worked for Dunlop.
In 2017, as Ferguson was getting off a plane, she was told that her mother Marjorie had died suddenly in England. Later she became aware that hospital negligence had led to her mother’s death. She wrote about the experience in her book On Mother which was published in 2018. In the same book, she also wrote about her relationship with her mother. She credits her mother with instilling a thirst for knowledge and a love of words. Above all, she appreciates her mother’s love, support, and strength of character. According to Ferguson, her mother never discouraged her from pursuing her dreams, nor did she try to pressure her to come back home. Even when things were tough, she remained steadfast.
Sarah Ferguson Siblings
There is no information on whether she has siblings or not.
Sarah Ferguson Husband
Ferguson is married to Tony Jones. Ferguson and Tony Jones, both journalists, met in Paris when Jones engaged Ferguson as a researcher while he was the ABC’s UK correspondent. They got married in 1993 and now have two children together. Additionally, Jones has a child from a previous relationship.
Sarah Ferguson ABC
Sarah began her journalism career in newspapers in the UK before moving to France, where she worked as a freelancer for British and French broadcasters, and later to Washington DC. In Australia, she worked for the SBS programs Dateline and Insight as both producer and reporter. She then spent four years on Channel 9’s Sunday program.
Sarah joined ABC in 2008 to work on Four Corners and went on to win three Walkleys for her work on the program, including the 2011 Gold Walkley for ‘A Bloody Business’, an expose of Australia’s live cattle trade. Her other awards include four Logies for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill, the George Munster Award, and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. These were for a series of reports on people smuggling, live export, and the culture of rugby league.
In 2014 she did a successful stint as presenter of nightly current affairs program 7.30. In 2015 she wrote and presented ABC TV’s acclaimed documentary series on the Rudd Gillard years, The Killing Season. On 5 July 2022, Ferguson replaced Leigh Sales as presenter of 7:30 on ABC.
Sarah Ferguson Salary
Ferguson’s salary has been kept highly confidential. However, according to an online report, she earns over $1 million annually.
Sarah Ferguson Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
