Following university, Foord worked with
Good Morning Australia at
Network Ten before joining
Nine News as a reporter. She quickly made the transition to news reader, taking a weekend hosting position after 6 months. For a duration of three weeks in October 2007, Foord also presented the news bulletins for the
Nine Network's
Today, an additional duty requiring her to fly between Sydney and Brisbane daily. While her daughters were young, Heather returned to the weekend
news desk so she could spend more time with her family, but returned to the main desk in 2004 – a position she held until December 2008, when Foord announced her resignation from the news desk after 21 years.
Melissa Downes was named her successor in 2009, by which point the strong ratings for
Nine News Queensland had worn off. Foord was announced as the host of Nine Network Brisbane's
Extra in January 2009 replacing
Jillian Whiting.
Extra was axed in late June, and Foord moved back to
Nine News in July as the weekend presenter. She remained in this role before stepping down permanently in June 2011; she was replaced by
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