Laura Woods (English presenter)

Laura Woods (born 2 July 1987)[2] is an English presenter working for Sky Sports and Talksport.

For the Irish broadcaster, see Laura Woods.
Laura Woods
Born
Laura Woods

(1987-07-02) 2 July 1987
Dagenham, Essex, England[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materKingston University
Occupationtelevision and radio presenter, reporter and journalist
EmployerSky Sports, talkSPORT

Early life and education

Woods was born in Dagenham, Essex to Michelle and Steve Woods. She grew up in Surrey with her two older brothers. She studied print journalism at Kingston University.[3]

Career

Television

After graduating from university, Woods got a job at Sky Sports as runner in 2009, working her way up to editorial assistant, then into production as assistant producer, associate and producer.

Woods started presenting by doing behind-the-scenes interviews on the darts coverage for the Sky Sports' YouTube channel.[4]

Woods then got a job on a Saturday morning kids’ show Game Changers and from there she started reporting on the NFL and joined the Soccer AM online presenting team, which included a trip to Euro 2016 in France where she broadcast live on Facebook every day.[5][6]

By 2018, Woods became a regular pitch-side reporter on Super Sunday, occasionally reporting with Gary Neville.

Radio

In March 2020, Woods was announced as the main presenter for talkSPORT's breakfast show, replacing Alan Brazil.[7][8]

Personal life

Woods dated former England Rugby player Alex Corbisiero for eight years.[9] Woods is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club.[10]

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gollark: It can output arbitrary audio.
gollark: ... probably 32KB of storage total?
gollark: I suppose with a speaker hooked up it could be... made to randomly make annoying beeping noises, or something.
gollark: Magnetometer, which can be used that way, so kind of.

References
  1. Woods, Laura (30 January 2020). "Laura Woods column: Inside the Premier League with Sky Sports presenter". Sporting Life. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. Woods, Laura (3 January 2017). "ahh cheers, 2nd July so you've got a while 👊". Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. Seys, Phil (6 March 2019). "Voiceover artist Laura Woods joins Babble!". Babble Voices. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. Bristow, Thomas (9 January 2017). "Why 2017's PDC World Darts Championship was the best yet - and why you should tune in next year". The Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. "NFL on the Wire brings you the latest news". Sky Sports. 15 December 2015.
  6. Bristow, Thomas (13 October 2018). "Sky Sports' Laura Woods reveals her story and how the perception of women in football is slowly changing". The Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. Cross, John (28 March 2020). "Laura Woods confirmed as talkSPORT's main breakfast show host to replace Alan Brazil". The Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. "Breakfast just got bigger on talkSPORT: Laura Woods begins as main host, as Alan Brazil expands role across station". talkSPORT. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  9. "Alex Corbisiero". The Telegraph.
  10. Shepard, Sarah (25 April 2020). "My Club – Laura Woods: sneaking into training and pretending to be David Seaman". The Athletic. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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