Mark Ferguson (news presenter)

Born	(1966-02-21) 21 February 1966
Occupation	Seven News presenter
Spouse(s)	Jayne
Children	Jack, Ted & Paddy

Mark Ferguson (born 21 February 1966) is a news presenter.

Ferguson is currently weeknight presenter for Seven News in Sydney.

He was previously a senior news presenter with Nine News Sydney, presenting the weeknight news bulletin.

Career

After working with regional stations in New South Wales and Queensland, Ferguson joined the Seven Network in 1989 and reported for a number of Seven News programs, including 11AM and Hinch.

He moved to Seven in Sydney in 1991, before moving to the Nine Network in 1992. At Nine he became London correspondent and reported from the UK on a number of major stories including the death of Princess Diana.

In 1997 he returned to Sydney as a reporter and in 2001 became a presenter, initially on the National Nine Early News at 6am, and later the National Nine Morning News at 11am.

During this time he was also a back-up presenter for the main 6pm news, meaning he was presenting the news during the time of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster in south-east Asia. His effort during this coverage saw him appointed to the main job on a permanent basis. Due to dwindling ratings at the beleaguered Nine Network, Ferguson was replaced by Peter Overton in January 2009.

In July 2009, it was revealed that Ferguson would move to Seven News from October.^[1] Ferguson, who had been with Nine for 17 years, was removed immediately from the weekend bulletin, and was replaced by Georgie Gardner. He continued to present the news on This Afternoon, and then on Nine Afternoon News until September 2009.

In September 2009, he signed off Nine News for the final time, after more than 17 years with the network. He previously presented the weekend bulletin for Seven News Sydney replacing Chris Bath who took over from Ian Ross.^[2]

Ferguson also presented Sunday Night while Chris Bath was at the 2012 London Olympics.

In January 2014, Ferguson was appointed weeknight presenter for Seven News Sydney replacing Chris Bath.

Personal life

Ferguson was one of nine children. Outside of work, Mark and his wife Jayne have three children and he is a Good Will Ambassador for the Good Beginnings charity organisation. He is left handed. He has blue eyes. He has brown hair. He is known in his spare time to interview ordinary people, in order to maintain his very well credited interview skills. He is known affectionately as 'Fergo' by friends Lisa Wilkinson and Karl Stefanovic. It is unknown as to whether Karl's brother Peter Stefanovic also refers to Mark as 'Fergo'.

One of Mark's children celebrated their birthday at Willoughby Leisure Centre and they are known to frequent the area's recreational facilities. In 2014, Mark donated a significant but undisclosed amount to support the development of youth support projects in the Willoughby diocese. Mark and Jayne's children attend Mosman Preparatory School where Mark is the leader of the P&F and supports a junior journalism scholarship. Mark is passionate about World War II Aviation and is known to frequent Bankstown Airport. He got his start interviewing veterans in Georges Hall and hopes to one day write a biography of Simpson the Donkey man.

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