NewsBite

Channel 10 Adelaide newsroom shake-up as executive editor Gerda Jezuchowski leaves

Changes are afoot at Channel 10 Adelaide – but who’s leaving the newsroom, and who’s stepping up for the top gig?

Channel 10 Adelaide's local presenting team Kate Freebairn, Max Burford and Tiffany Warne. Picture: Network10
Channel 10 Adelaide's local presenting team Kate Freebairn, Max Burford and Tiffany Warne. Picture: Network10

A newsroom shake-up is quietly unfolding behind the scenes at Channel 10 Adelaide, as one of its key players prepares to trade bulletins for briefings.

After six years at the helm, the station’s executive editor is set to exit – but not for another network.

Instead, she’s headed to Canberra to take on a powerful new role in federal politics.

Gerda Jezuchowski, will leave next month to become director of communications and press secretary for Federal Minister Amanda Rishworth.

Gerda Jezuchowski, who served as executive editor at Channel 10 Adelaide for six years, pictured in 2025 before leaving to become director of communications for Minister Amanda Rishworth. Picture: Supplied
Gerda Jezuchowski, who served as executive editor at Channel 10 Adelaide for six years, pictured in 2025 before leaving to become director of communications for Minister Amanda Rishworth. Picture: Supplied

Her successor is no stranger to the newsroom either, having spent the past decade learning the ropes just metres from the boss’s desk.

Jezuchowski’s replacement is John O’Shea, Channel 10’s current senior producer in Adelaide and a decade-long veteran of the network.

He’s set to take over in August, bringing a seamless transition and steady hand to the local team.

John O’Shea, longtime senior producer at Channel 10 Adelaide, has been promoted to executive editor, following Gerda Jezuchowski’s departure. Picture: Supplied
John O’Shea, longtime senior producer at Channel 10 Adelaide, has been promoted to executive editor, following Gerda Jezuchowski’s departure. Picture: Supplied

Paramount Australia’s vice president of news Martin White paid tribute to Jezuchowski’s leadership.

“Gerda has been a wonderful leader in our Adelaide newsroom, and a big part of the continued success of our local Adelaide news service,” he said.

“She leaves with the best wishes of everyone around the network for the job she has done.”

White said the newsroom – and its strong 5pm bulletin, which is up 18 per cent year-on-year – would be in good hands under O’Shea.

“John is a great operator and a well-respected member of our team, and I’ve got every confidence he will do a terrific job of leading the SA team,” he said.

Jezuchowski, a former Annesley College student, cut her teeth in journalism in Port Pirie – working for the then Central Television as a newsreader – before stints at 7NEWS and local government media roles, ultimately rising to the top job at Channel 10 Adelaide.

But in the world of TV news, the camera never stops rolling – and the next chapter for Channel 10 Adelaide is just getting started.

It comes just weeks after The Advertiser revealed the network was expected to slash jobs in its Adelaide newsroom, as part of wider cost-cutting measures felt across the country.

Staff from the struggling network were reportedly told that two Adelaide production workers would be made redundant if they did not accept job offers in Sydney or Melbourne.

Original URL: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/channel-10-adelaide-newsroom-shakeup/news-story/30fc169efa55e6bbe666df546a539d57