Matt Doran (journalist)

Matt Doran
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Other names	Matty Doran
Occupation	Journalist, Presenter and Reporter
Employer	Network Ten

Matt Doran has been the popular face of the Network Ten in past years.

Career

Doran attended and graduated from St Kevin's College in Toorak, Victoria, completing his VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) in 2000. Matt then graduated from Melbourne University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Media and Communications (enriched journalism major).

Throughout 2006 he worked as a police reporter with Melbourne's Herald Sun, covering fires, floods, the gangland war and CBD shootings. In the four years prior he held a position as an awarded reporter and senior editor across a number of mastheads within News Ltd's Leader newspaper group.

Doran worked for several years as a general news reporter and then police reporter for Network Ten in Melbourne and Adelaide. He has fostered an extensive network of contacts and has a proven history of exclusive stories.^[1]

Matt has played a key role in Network Ten's coverage of a series of natural disasters, including the devastating Christchurch earthquakes, the deadly Pike River mine explosion in New Zealand's West, the Christmas Island boat tragedy and the tsunami which obliterated North-East Japan.

In October 2011, Doran was appointed presenter of Ten News at Five: Weekend with Natarsha Belling.^[2]

In November 2012, Matt left Ten News at Five: Weekend with the bulletin following a single presenter format with Natarsha Belling. He continued to be a fill-in presenter and a senior reporter with Ten News.

In November 2013, Doran was appointed presenter of Ten Eyewitness News Early and Ten Eyewitness News Morning. In January 2014, Hermione Kitson replaced Matt on Ten Eyewitness News Early. He continued to present Ten Eyewitness News Morning until the bulletin was axed in May 2014 due to cost cutting measures.

References

External links

• Ten News website