Janice Peterson

Janice Peterson's Biography

SBS World News Presenter and Journalist Janice Petersen has worked as a cross platform journalist and news presenter for two decades and currently presents SBS World News five nights a week.

Janice brings to SBS a strong background in journalism after many years at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where she reported on and covered breaking news events.

In her current role, she regularly interviews leading news makers and has contributed live updates on major national and international news stories including rolling election coverage in Australia and the United States.

Janice has been at the helm of landmark SBS programs including forum series Insight, international current affairs programme Dateline and Go Back To Where You Came From.

The mother of two is noted for her sense of style, featuring in leading fashion publications including, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

Janice is the host of popular podcast, The Company You Keep where she interviews enterprising small business owners. She has also hosted numerous high-profile events, including the ANU Crawford Leadership Forum, Australia Day Lunch, the Australian Open Inspirational Series with Anna Wintour and INAS Global Games. She has featured as a presenter and judge at The Walkley Journalism Awards and has even flexed her comedic talents as guest quizmaster on Network Ten’s, Have You Been Paying Attention?