Sarah Harris (journalist)

For other people named Sarah Harris, see Sarah Harris (disambiguation).

Sarah Harris (born 13 July 1981)^[1] is an Australian television presenter and journalist. She most recently was a co-host on Network 10's The Project and previously co-hosted the morning talk show Studio 10.^[2]

Sarah Harris
Harris at the Anchorman 2 premiere in 2013
Born	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 44)[1]
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Television presenter journalist
Years active	1997−present
Known for	The Project
Spouse	Tom Ward ​ ​ (m. 2014; div. 2021)​
Children	2

Early life

Harris grew up in a block of housing commission flats in Mount Druitt, a western suburb of Sydney.^[3] She has one younger brother. Her father died of prostate cancer at 50.^[4] She is of Croatian descent through her grandparents, who emigrated to Australia.^[5]

Career

Harris studied journalism and international business at Queensland University of Technology.^{[citation needed]} Her journalism career started in 1997 at the Seven Network in Brisbane, where she filed reports for Seven News and later Today Tonight.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2001, she joined Prime Gold Coast News where she was a freelance television reporter and presenter. She then moved back to the Seven Network in Brisbane where she was a cadet news reporter and writer.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, Harris joined the Nine Network and became a reporter, researcher, and fill-in presenter on Extra. She also joined National Nine News as a reporter and Today. She delivered live reports from the scene of the Cairns Tilt Train derailment in November 2004, as well as Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s funeral in Kingaroy in 2005. She left Today in 2005 to become a reporter and fill-in presenter on National Nine News in Brisbane.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Harris moved to Sydney to become a Today reporter and a fill-in news presenter. She was also a fill-in news presenter on Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News, Nine News Sydney and Weekend Today.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Harris was the main fill-in presenter for Sonia Kruger on Mornings. She also filled in for Leila McKinnon on Weekend Today whilst she was on maternity leave.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2013, she resigned from the Nine Network to join Network Ten's then new morning program, Studio 10 as a co-host with Ita Buttrose, Joe Hildebrand and Jessica Rowe.^[6] She waw also a fill-in host on Network Ten program The Project.

In November 2014, Harris was announced as the host of Shark Tank.^[7]

In February 2016, Harris was welcomed to the No Agenda round table as a Black Dame by Adam Curry and John C Dvorak.^[8]

On 23 November 2022, Sarah announced that she would be leaving Studio 10 after hosting the show for nine years to become a new co-host of The Project in 2023 after the departure of the show's longest running co-host Carrie Bickmore in December 2022.^[2][9] In June 2025, The Project was cancelled by 10, with Harris subsequently leaving the network.^[10]

Personal life

Harris married information technology specialist Tom Ward in Sydney in 2014.^[11] Harris and Ward have two children.^[12] In March 2021, Harris announced that she and Ward are "taking time apart however we remain good friends and deeply committed to co-parenting our two beautiful boys".^[13]

Harris prefers 90s fashion, especially Lululemon tights. Her favorite designers are Scanlan Theodore, Witchery, Cue, Carla Zampatti and Bianca Spender.^[14]