Susannah Carr

Susannah Carr (born 21 July 1952) is a Western Australian television news presenter. Since 1985, Carr has co-presented Seven News in Perth with Rick Ardon.[1] On 16 February 2015, Carr and Ardon celebrated three decades consecutively as co-anchors for 7 News Perth and in 2017 they surpassed former WNBC co-anchors Sue Simmons & Chuck Scarborough's 32-year partnership.

Susannah Carr
Born
Susannah Mary Carr

(1952-07-21) 21 July 1952
Rochford, England, UK
OccupationNewsreader
Years active1973–present
Websitehttp://www.7perth.com.au

Early years

Carr was born in England. She arrived in Western Australia from the UK with her parents when she was 7 months old. For her schooling, she attended North Cottesloe Primary for Years 1 and 2; Cottesloe Primary for Year 3 and Iona Presentation College for Years 4 to 12. She studied for a Bachelor of Arts at University of Western Australia and is also a qualified architectural draftsperson.[2] She is a granddaughter of the singer Robert Carr and niece of the detective novelist Antony Carr.

Career

Carr's media career began in 1974 with ABC Radio in Perth as an announcer. Two weeks after joining the station, she was broadcasting on Christmas Day when Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin.[3] She worked in both radio and TV in Perth for the ABC becoming that station's first female TV news presenter in Perth for the ABC.

Carr was asked to join TVW 7 in 1985 and became a face of Channel 7 news in Perth along with her long-time co-anchor Rick Ardon.[4] Under their guard, the then-second-rate bulletin (Seven Nightly News was second to National Nine News in Perth as recently as 1990) rose to the top of the ratings in Perth, where it remains as of today.[5]

In 1986, Carr won the Logie Award for Most Popular Female, Western Australia. In the same year, her co-anchor Ardon won the Logie Award for Most Popular Male, Western Australia. In 2000, she was inducted an Honorary Member by the Edith Cowan University chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society.[6][7]

Carr broadcast live from South Africa during that country's first all-race elections and reported from London in the week after the death of Princess Diana. She also headed a film crew to Moscow, Russia, where they were granted access inside the Kremlin, to make the documentary "The Secret Treasures of the Kremlin".

Carr presented coverage from Perth nationally during the 2014 Sydney hostage siege due to Seven News Sydney studios in Martin Place being evacuated. She was part of the Seven News team whom were awarded a Walkley Award in 2015 for their coverage that night.

References
  1. Daily News 30 June 1988, p.17
  2. Jones, Sally Ann (1987) Susannah Carr – biography of television announcer The West Australian 16 June 1987, p.59
  3. Anne Conti (1985) – "interview with Anne Conti and Susannah Carr" in The Western Mail (Western Australia) 18–19 May 1985, p.23
  4. Biographical details in The Daily News 30 June 1988, p.17
  5. Bodey, Michael (20 July 2015). "TV ratings: Nine's the one again when it comes to news". The Australian. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. Bell, Nicholle (2001) Seven News keeps on delivering for Susannah in Standard (West Perth, W.A)
  7. Kent, Melissa (2005) The anchor woman in the West Magazine, in The West Australian 7 May 2005, p.12-14
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