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Rebecca Maddern
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Rebecca Maddern (Born 6 August, 1977) is an Australian journalist and news reporter and presenter for the Seven Network. She is based in the Melbourne newsroom and presented the national afternoon edition of Seven News, the 4:30 news until the bulletin moved to the network's Sydney studios. Rebecca continues to present bulletins for the network, often filling in for Jennifer Keyte on the weekend edition of Seven News in Melbourne. Rebecca also occasionally reads the news on Sunrise, if Natalie Barr or Simon Reeve are unable to read the news. On March 24 2007, a 7News Melbourne special entitled Understanding Climate Change aired at 5.30pm, before the news, Rebecca hosted this. This is a progression from a series of informatitive Commercials she has been fronting for the Victorian State Government about energy and water conservation.
Rebecca 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 station Triple M, whilst there she worked alongside some of the top media personalities of Australia.
For a short time she read the news at Fox FM. Rebecca later moved to Nova 100 and then to the Seven Network. 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 summer 2006-07 she married Geelong real estate identity, James Wilson.
Rebecca plays a big part in 7Melbourne's annual Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal Telethon. In 2007, like previous years, she presented a special 12 noon 7news edition for Victoria since the regular 10.30 edition was not aired. Later, she played a large part in the telethon proper, presenting the results for country Victoria in the Country Tally room, as she is from Geelong, a regional city, this makes sense.