Mark Burrows

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Mark Burrows
Born
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
OccupationNews presenter and journalist
Years active1980 - present
EmployerNine Network
TelevisionNine News
Children2
Awards

Mark Burrows is an Australian television news presenter and journalist.

He is currently a senior correspondent for Nine News in Sydney.[1] Burrows is also a news presenter for Today Extra, Nine's morning and afternoon news on Monday's and is a stand-in presenter for Nine News Sydney at 6 pm.[2] Burrows has been a journalist for the Nine Network for more than three decades.

Career[]

Burrows spent almost six years working as Nine's US correspondent, covering two US presidential elections, the LA riots and earthquakes. In 1996 he was Nine’s reporter for the Atlanta Olympics.

In 1997 Burrows was posted to Nine's London Bureau where he covered the death of Princess Diana and the Iraq war. He also made numerous trips to Majorca in Spain covering fugitive Christopher Skase.

In 2000, Burrows was a part of Nine's Sydney Olympics reporting team.

Burrows led the coverage of the Bali bombings at the end of 2002. The coverage earned Nine a Walkley and Logie award. He went on report on the Bali Nine drug arrests and the jailing of marijuana smuggler Schapelle Corby.

He is now a senior reporter for Nine News in Sydney.

Burrows has been a journalist for Nine News for more than 35 years.

Personal life[]

Early life[]

Burrows was born and bred in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.[3] After three years at the University of Tasmania, he turned his back on a career in the law and joined Hobart’s TVT6, where he covered the Franklin River dam controversy under the mentorship of journalist .

Family[]

Burrows is married and has two sons.

Awards[]

Burrows has won many awards while working for decades as a journalist.[3]

Year Award News coverage
1989 Logie Award Romanian Revolution
1999 Walkley Award Interlaken Canyon disaster

References[]

  1. ^ "Mark W Burrows". Retrieved 2020-10-26 – via Facebook.
  2. ^ "Nine News - Presenters List". Media Spy. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "Mark Burrows, Reporter Sydney News Team - 9News". 9news.com.au. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
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