Syrian-Australian television journalist
Sarah Abo (born 13 November 1985 or 1986) is an Australian television presenter, journalist and reporter. She currently co-hosts breakfast program "Today" alongside Karl Stefanovic. She is also a reporter on "60 Minutes".
Early life.
Abo was born in Damascus, Syria to Fouad and Samia and has two younger sisters. In 1990, when she was four years of age, the family relocated to Melbourne, Australia where she attended Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg. Abo went on to graduate from Monash University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), majoring in Journalism.
Career.
Abo commenced her television career in 2008 at Network 10's Adelaide newsroom where she initially worked as an archiving and production assistant before becoming a "Ten News" reporter. After two years, Abo moved back to Melbourne where she continued to work as a reporter for Network 10 for another three years.
In 2013, she commenced working for SBS Television as a presenter and reporter on programs such as "SBS World News", "Dateline", "Insight" and "Small Business Secrets". In 2014, Abo completed a fellowship at CNN in Atlanta. Abo was a presenter and journalist for SBS for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
In 2019, Abo joined the Nine Network as a "60 Minutes" reporter. Since joining the network, Abo regularly filled in as co-host of Nine's breakfast show "Today" including in March 2022 when regular co-host Allison Langdon contracted COVID-19.
Abo was chosen to moderate the second leaders' debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese prior to the 2022 Australian federal election which aired on 8 May 2022. After the debate, Abo was the subject of a controversial tweet posted by Mark Latham, the New South Wales state leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, who seemingly used Abo's surname as a racial slur. Criticising Abo's performance as moderator, Latham said "never trust an Abo with something as important as that". The word "Abo" is a highly offensive reference to Aboriginal Australians. The Nine Network said that they intended to report Latham's comments to the authorities while praising Abo's handling of the debate.
In November 2022, Abo was announced as the new co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program "Today" in 2023, replacing Allison Langdon who was appointed as the host of "A Current Affair" following the retirement of Tracy Grimshaw.
In December 2023, Nine announced that Abo will host "Carols by Candlelight" with David Campbell.
Personal life.
On 15 December 2012, Abo married Cyrus Moran.
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