What does Jodie Speers do?

Jodie Speers is a television journalist by profession. Speers currently presents Seven Early News.

A native of Sydney, Speers completed Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College in 2000. She subsequently earned a degree in Media and Communications from the University of Sydney in 2004.

Speers completed part of her degree on exchange at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris.

Following graduating, Jodie Speers worked as a Newsreader/reporter at the Australian Radio Network from July 2006 to May 2007.

In 2009, Speers became a political correspondent for the Seven Network in its Parliament House bureau. She covered the ousting of Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull and spent five weeks on the road with Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott as they fought for victory in the 2010 election.

After two years of covering politics for Seven News Sydney, she became a crime and court reporter for the media house.

In January 2016, Speers was appointed presenter of Seven Early News replacing Natalie Barr.

Jodie Speers has been married to former Today sports presenter and current 2GB breakfast host Ben Fordham since 2011.