Sylvia Jeffreys on why it’s a great time to be a woman in media

This week on You’ve Gotta Start Somewhere (#YGSS), Rachel Corbett chats with Today show newsreader, Sylvia Jeffreys.

Sylvia started at Channel Nine as a junior script assistant at the age of 19 and has worked her way up to one of the most coveted jobs in television.

In this episode, Sylvia talks about the fact that even the most professional journalists have Anchorman moments, why she thinks it’s a great time to be a woman in the media and why she declined an offer from Richard Branson to read the Kama Sutra in the bathtub.

You’ve Gotta Start Somewhere is a podcast that goes behind the scenes of show business to prove there’s no such thing as an overnight success.

Each week Rachel chats with well-known media personalities about how they got into the business, how they’ve managed to stay there and what it takes to build a successful career. Subscribe to the podcast.