Mark Austin Biography
Mark Austin is an England Emmy-awarded journalist who serves Sky News as a presenter of The News Hour alongside Mark Austin on Sky News, airing from Sky Central between 5 to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Further, he presents Sky News 6 between 6 and 7 p.m. on weekdays. He joined Sky News in August 2017. Previously, he served as the co-anchor of the ITV Evening News alongside Mary Nightingale.
Mark Austin Age
Austin is 63 years as of 2021. He was born on November 1, 1958, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He celebrates his birthday on the 1st of November every year.
Mark Austin Height
Austin stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall.
Mark Austin Family
Austin has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Austin has any siblings.
Mark Austin Wife
Austin is married to Catherine Austin. Together, they have been blessed with three children named Jack, Madeleine, and Beatrice. He resides in Haslemere, Surrey with his wife, three children, and A&E doctor
Mark Austin Net Worth
Austin has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a correspondent.
Mark Austin Salary
Austin earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Mark Austin Education
He attended the Bournemouth School which is a state grammar school in the town of Bournemouth, in Dorset. Later on, he joined Highbury College in the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
Mark Austin ITV
In 1986, Austin joined the ITV news team and served as its sports correspondent. While he was on ITV News, he covered major sporting events such as Wimbledon, the British Open, the Olympics in 2008, football news, cricket, and rugby international. In 1990, when Iraqi invaded Kuwait, he was one of the first British journalists to report from the Gulf.
The ITV News based him in Hong Kong as its Asia Correspondent In 1993. Later on, he returned to Hong Kong for his second tour as Asia Correspondent in 1996 and spent over two years. Before he reported on the War in Afghanistan, he did cover the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington in September 2001.
Furthermore, the first series of ITV reality series called Survivor was presented by him. In addition, he received a promotion to serve as an ITV Evening News anchor in 2002. In March 2003, he reported on the invitation of Iraq as coalition troops invaded to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
Later on, he made a trip to Beijing to do a report on China’s economic growth. However, this was not his first time traveling to Beijing as he had been in the area before in 1989, to cover the Tiananmen Square uprising. On December 15, 2005, Trevor McDonald retired and Austin took up his role as the chief presenter of ITV News.
Furthermore, he co-anchored an ITV prime-time crime program called Manhunt – Solving Britain’s Crimes which aired for 90 minutes. Also, he began anchoring on News at Ten. In August 2009, an announcement was made that he would be replaced by Alastair Stewart on the ITV Evening News so that he would concentrate on his role on News Ten.
After a while, Tom Bradby took up his role in News Ten in October 2015. Later, he shifted back to the ITV Evening News whereby he worked alongside Mary Nightingale. Also, he has served as a guest presenter on many Good Morning Britain episodes. Further, he worked alongside Charlotte Hawkins and Ranvir Singh.
Further, he served for thirty years on ITV News. In October 2016, an announcement was made that he would be leaving the station at the end of the year. From then on, he joined LBC Radio where he was on a series of guest shows across the Easter weekend in April 2017.
In his career as a journalist, he has won 5 BAFTA awards in 1995, for his role in the ITV News coverage of the Haiti earthquake in 2010, for the Cumbria Murders coverage in 2011, and for reporting of the Woolwich attacks in 2014. In addition, he won the ‘RTS Presenter of the Year Award’ in 2014 and 2015.
Mark Austin Career
Austin serves Sky News as a presenter of The News Hour alongside Mark Austin on Sky News, airing from Sky Central between 5 to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Further, he presents Sky News 6 between 6 and 7 p.m. on weekdays. He joined Sky News in August 2017. Previously, he served as the co-anchor of the ITV Evening News alongside Mary Nightingale.
When he joined Sky News, he initially served the team as its United States Correspondent. Further, he served as a co-anchor of a documentary for Channel 4 called Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia with his daughter Madeleine. His journalism career began with the Bournemouth Daily Echo where he served as a general reporter from 1976 to 1980.
Later, he joined BBC News where he served as a writer and as a general news reporter in 1982. Not long after in 1985, he earned a promotion to sports reporter. In addition, he won the ‘RTS Presenter of the Year Award’ in 2014 and 2015. Further, he attained an Internation Emmy award for his 2000, report on the Mozambique floods.
In addition, he was awarded a Gold Nymph at the 2000 Television Festival of Monte Carlo. Prior to receiving Gold and Silver Medals at the New York Television Programming Awards. In November 2008, Bournemouth University awarded and honored him.
Sarah Hewson SKY NEWS
Hewson is working at SKY NEWS where he works alongside other famous SKY NEWS anchors and reporters including;
- Nick Quraishi
- Hannah Thomas-Peter
- Lisa Holland
- Stuart Ramsay
- Rob Powell
- Tamara Cohen
- Kate McCann
- Jonathan Samuels
- Sophy Ridge
- Gillian Joseph
- Isabel Webster
- Sam Naz
- Vanessa Baffoe
- Anna Botting
- Dermot Murnaghan
- Ann Jones
- Joe Pike
- Jon Craig
- Sarah Hewson
- Mark Austin
- Amanda Walker
- Stephen Dixon
- Niall Paterson
- Kimberly Leonard
- Nick Powell
- Martha Kelner
- Jayne Secker
- Jacquie Beltrao
- Isobel Lang
- Nazaneen Ghaffar
- Jo Wheeler
- Cordelia Lynch
- Kirsty Mccabe
- Ian King
Mark Austin Social Media Platforms
Austin is active on his social media account and is often seen posting on his Twitter. He has over 88k followers on Twitter.
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