Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Maddern is currently host of Weekend Today and is a host at the Australian Open for Nine's Wide World of Sports and co-hosts Australian Ninja Warrior. She is the former co-host of The Footy Show which she originally signed with the network to do. Rebecca previously worked at the Seven Network for over a decade, where she was a presenter and reporter for Seven News and also presented a variety of programs and events across the network.
Career
Maddern started off her career in radio after she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from the RMIT University in 1999. Later she became a sports reporter for Melbourne radio stationTriple M, whilst there she worked alongside some of the top media personalities of Australia. In 2001, Rebecca began reading the Fox FM afternoon news reports and, at the beginning of 2002, moved to Nova 100 to read the breakfast news during the inaugural year of Hughesy, Kate and Dave.
Seven Network
In October 2002, Maddern joined the Seven Network after being offered reporting position by the news director. It was there in her first year of television reporting, she won a prestigious Quill Award for her coverage of Victoria's January 2003 bushfires. In September 2005, Rebecca was appointed presenter of Seven Afternoon News replacing David Johnston until the bulletin moved to the network's Sydney studios. In January 2013, Maddern returned to present Seven Afternoon News with production moving back to Melbourne again replacing Samantha Armytage. However, in August 2013 she was replaced by Melissa Doyle and Matt White. In March 2014, Rebecca joined Sunrise as Melbourne correspondent replacing Nick Etchells. In recent years, Maddern had reduced duties on Seven News as a senior reporter due to her Sunrise commitments. She remained with Sunrise until her move to the Nine Network. Nathan Templeton replaced her as Melbourne correspondent.
Nine Network
In March 2016, the Nine Network announced that Maddern will co-host the AFL Footy Show. In November 2016, Madden was announced as the host of Australian Ninja Warrior which aired on the Nine Network in July 2017. In August 2018, it was announced that Maddern will host the network’s tennis coverage. It was also announced that she will not be returning to the AFL Footy Show. In December 2019, the Nine Network announced that Maddern will replace Allison Langdon as host of Weekend Today. Rebecca has also hosted Nine’s coverage of the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2019 Ashes Series in England.
Personal life
In October 2006, Maddern married Geelong real estate identity, James Wilson, they have since divorced. Rebecca was named as the ambassador for the Geelong Cup in 2007. In 2011, Maddern was named the number one ticket holder for the Geelong Football Club In March 2014, Rebecca married Seven News cameraman Trent Miller. Trent Miller is now a cameraman for GTV-9, and also provides his services to the AFL Footy Show. In November 2017, she announced she was pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to a daughter on 12 April 2018.
