Adrian Brown is a reporter for ''
Al Jazeera
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.
He recently returned to Sydney after almost 16 years running a reporting and camera company based in
Hong Kong
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. During that time, he also filed stories for ''
National Nine News
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''. Some of the biggest stories he has reported on include the
1989 Student uprising in China,
1991 Gulf War
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,
September 11 attacks
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and
East Timor
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.
His most recent assignments include the war in the
Middle East
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, the
Football World Cup
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in
Germany
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and the
2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
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and its recovery operation. He currently reports for both ''
Seven News
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National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition television, high definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while f ...
'' and
SBS's ''
Dateline
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'' on local, national and international stories.
References
Biography on Seven News website
Australian television presenters
Australian television journalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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