Allan Hogan (born 1943) is a veteran

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n investigative journalist. Hogan studied commerce at the

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and became interested in journalism when he got involved with the university paper. He started work at the

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and was a founding reporter for the ABC Radio program '' AM'', and worked on such programs as ''

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'', and ''

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'', as both a

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and producer, working with other well-known journalists such as

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and Ray Martin. During this time, he reported from the

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and conducted interviews with such infamous characters as

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. He was the only Australian journalist to interview Amin. In 1978 Hogan joined the

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as supervising producer of ''

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'' and in 1980 was the founding executive producer of the now defunct ''

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'' program. In 2005 he was the executive producer of SBS TV's ''

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'' program. In 2007 he joined

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's company Zapruder's Other Films as a script editor to work on ''

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''. Immediately prior to his retirement in 2014, Hogan was the supervising producer on SBS TV's ''

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'' program. Hogan is married to Jess, lives in ,

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and is the President of The Glebe Society.

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1943 births Living people Australian television producers University of New South Wales alumni {{australia-journalist-stub