Tara Brown
| Tara Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 |
| Education |
Davidson High School Charles Sturt University |
| Occupation | Journalist, News Presenter, TV Presenter |
| Notable credit(s) |
60 Minutes A Current Affair Nine News |
Tara Brown (born 1968) is an Australian television presenter. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Early life and career
Brown attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales, graduating in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts (Communication) Degree.
After graduation, she joined Channel Seven’s Sydney newsroom as an assistant to the chief-of-staff. In 1991, Brown moved to WIN Television in Wollongong, and undertook a cadetship in journalism.
Nine Network
In 1992 she joined the Nine Network and began working on compiling features including "Australian Agenda" reports for the Nine Network's late news program Nightline. In 1993 she left Nightline and began reporting on A Current Affair. Her most memorable stories for A Current Affair include a series of reports on a group of Australian soldiers returning to Vietnam on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon; uncovering a tyre dumping racket which posed a major environmental threat; and a feature story on refugees in Bei Hai in southern China.
In 2001, she became a reporter on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program. The first person Brown ever interviewed on 60 Minutes was Mel Gibson.
She also used to be a fill-in presenter for Nine Sunday AM News.[1][2]
Brown is currently on maternity leave.
Personal life
On 25 October 2008, she gave birth to her first son, Jack Cooper. [3]
References
- ↑ "Tara Brown". Sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ↑ "Tara Brown". Health.ninemsn.com.au. 13 July 2005. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ↑ "60 Minutes' reporter Tara Brown has first child, a boy". The Daily Telegraph. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 2010-12-04.