Mark Davis (journalist)
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Mark Davis is an Australian
, where he is currently a co-presenter and video journalist.Davis was educated at Warrandyte Primary School and then St Kevin's College in Melbourne.
Career
ABC TV
Prior to commencing at SBS, Davis' background was as an investigative journalist with the ABC TV Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs.
Working on Foreign Correspondent in
SBS TV
Davis first hosted Dateline from 2003 to 2004, succeeding Jana Wendt and preceding George Negus. Davis went on assignment and returned to the program in 2011 as a co-host with video journalist Yalda Hakim. Both Davis and Hakim take turns presenting the program in approximately six week blocks, while the other is away on assignment.[3]
Whilst on assignment, in 2007 Davis was just metres away from the bombings that greeted
During 2010, Davis gained unprecedented access to Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, secured the first interviews with two of the Bali Nine and gained worldwide attention via the Dateline website for his profile of Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders.
Davis was nominated for the Most Outstanding Public Affairs category at the 2011 Logies Awards for The Condemned, an intimate portrayal of Bali Nine members Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, partially filmed inside Indonesia's Kerobokan death-row prison.[5]
Davis has won a
References
- ^ "Awards (1984–2011)". Foreign Correspondent (1998). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Awards (1962–2002)". 40 Years of Four Corners. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2002. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Davis and Hakim to front Dateline". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Mark Davis profile". Dateline. Special Broadcasting Service. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Dateline honoured in Logie nominations". News. SBS TV. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Awards". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Walkley Winners Archive".
- ^ "Mark Davis wins gold Walkley". Australian Associated Press. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2011.[dead link]