Full Name Natasha Belling Name Natarsha Belling Children 2 sons Spouse Glen Sealey | Occupation Journalist Employer Network Ten Other names Tarsh Role News presenter | |
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Natarsha Belling, journalist and Dementia Friend
Natarsha Belling Joins Studio 10 As Our Newsreader!
Natarsha Belling (born 29 May 1975) is an Australian national news presenter on Network Ten.
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- Natarsha Belling journalist and Dementia Friend
- Natarsha Belling Joins Studio 10 As Our Newsreader
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
She presents Ten Eyewitness News - First At Five: Weekends and has done since May 2009.
Belling was also the co-host of Network Ten's breakfast show Wake Up, which launched on 4 November 2013 and concluded 23 May 2014.
Early life and education
Belling was born and raised in Mudgee in the Orana region of New South Wales. She often visits the town with her family and has philanthropic connections with the region.
Belling attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) degree.
Career
Prior to joining Ten, Belling was a reporter with Prime Television in Orange, New South Wales, and was a presenter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Darwin. She then joined Channel Ten News, originally as a medical reporter.
In 2007, Belling became the national presenter of Ten Morning News, replacing Tracey Spicer. She read the news on Wednesdays to Fridays (with Ron Wilson presenting on Mondays and Tuesdays). From May 2009 through to 2012, Belling presented the bulletin from Monday to Wednesday (with Wilson presenting Thursday and Friday), in order to allow her two days off work per week.
Also in May 2009, Belling replaced Bill Woods on Ten Weekend News, upon returning from maternity leave.
In October 2011, Matt Doran joined Belling on a revamped version of Ten Weekend News, along with former Sports Tonight weekend presenter Rob Canning & meteorologist Magdalena Roze.
In late 2012, Ten Weekend News was returned to a solo presented bulletin with Belling in the role. Canning also resigned from the network after 12 years and Roze also eventually resigned.
In mid-2013 Hermione Kitson replaced Belling on Ten Weekend News, as Belling was promoted to co-present the new Wake Up breakfast program.
In 2014, Mike Munro joined the network to present Ten Weekend News.
In mid-2014, Wake Up was axed and Belling took leave and wasn't given a permanent position again for some time, filling-in and having various guest roles.
Belling was returned to Ten Weekend News in 2015, where she remains.
She also regularly fills-in and has guest roles on other programs across the network, including Ten News Sydney, The Project & Studio 10.
Belling (along with long-time colleague Sandra Sully) is one of the only remaining original staff members from the networks 2000s period.
Belling was also a fill-in co-host for Kim Watkins on Ten's former morning show 9am with David and Kim.
From 2010, Belling presented brief news updates on The Circle, headlining the latest news on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. She has also been a fill-in co-host on the show. She has also been a guest on The Project.
In July 2012, Belling was appointed Thursday and Friday news presenter on Breakfast which, due to poor ratings, was cancelled in December 2012.
In July 2013, Belling was appointed co-host of Network Ten's new breakfast show Wake Up with Natasha Exelby and James Mathison. Within a short time the program lost about 50% of its audience share by November 2013 rated lower than Breakfast, the show Ten cancelled the year before because of low ratings.
In November 2014, Network Ten announced that Belling would once again host Ten Eyewitness News Weekend due to Mike Munro resigning after one year with the network.
Personal life
Belling is married to Glen Sealey who is currently working for Maserati Australia. They have two sons, Harrison and Hugo.