Mark Austin

Mark Austin is one of the UK’s most respected broadcast journalists, with more than 35 years’ experience reporting and presenting for the BBC, ITV News and Sky News. Best known for anchoring ITV’s News at Ten and Evening News, he has reported from the front line of many of the world’s most significant events, covering conflicts, political upheaval and humanitarian crises across the globe.

Having begun his career in local newspapers before joining BBC News as one of its youngest national reporters, Mark moved to ITN in 1986 and went on to spend three decades with the organisation. During that time he served as a foreign correspondent in Africa and Asia, reporting on major international stories including South Africa’s transition to democracy, the Bosnian conflict, the Gulf War, the war in Kosovo and the handover of Hong Kong to China. His reporting has taken him everywhere from Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya to Haiti, Nepal, Mogadishu and Antarctica.

Mark’s outstanding journalism has been recognised with numerous accolades, including five BAFTA Awards, an International Emmy Award for his reporting on the Mozambique floods, a Golden Nymph Award for coverage of the Kosovo conflict, and Royal Television Society Presenter of the Year awards in both 2014 and 2015. Under his leadership, ITV’s News at Ten was twice named RTS Programme of the Year.

Today, Mark is a sought-after event host, sharing fascinating insights into world affairs, politics, leadership under pressure and the realities of reporting from the heart of history as it unfolds.

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