Cameron Price (born 24 September 1985) is an Australian

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who is the co-founder and CEO of LeadStory. He was formerly a

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reporter for '' Sky News Australia'', a

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reporter for ''

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'', a Sydney reporter for '' Seven News'''','' and an occasional reporter for '' Sunrise''.

Career

Price obtained a Bachelor of Journalism from the

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and early in his career worked as a reporter for WIN Television in Toowoomba as well as ''

'' in

. In 2011 Price was nominated for the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year award. His career at '' Nine News Queensland'' came to a controversial end, when he was sacked along with two others for his involvement in the faking of a live news cross during a news bulletin. The event which became known as "choppergate" saw news presenter Eva Milic cross to Price who was in a

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reported to be "near Beerwah", however it later emerged the helicopter was on a Nine Network helipad in Mt Coot-Tha 90 kilometres away. Price began legal action against Nine, however the two parties settled out of court. Price had been due to move to Sydney to take up a position with the Nine Network in the week he was sacked. Price then joined Sky News in 2011 as a producer, before accepting a role as on-air Sydney reporter. Price left Sky News in April 2016 and the following month joined ''Seven News'' as a reporter. He also occasionally filed reports for '' Sunrise''. Price left Seven in June 2021, and co-founded LeadStory in the same month. LeadStory launched in September 2021.

References

External links

Cameron Price on Youtube
{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Cameron 1985 births Australian television journalists Living people Sky News Australia reporters and presenters University of Queensland alumni