Eric Walters (4 July 1937 – 18 August 2010) was an Australian

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, media trainer and former

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. He was best known for his long-running stint as early morning anchor for the

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, both on the ''

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'' and '' National Nine Early Morning News''.

Career

Walters joined Channel 7 Perth in 1961, aged 24, as a reporter and presenter. In the 1970s, Walters worked at TEN-10

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as a newsreader on ''

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''. He joined the

in 1982 as newsreader and inaugural team member for its newly launched ''

''. He continued as national morning anchor with

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until 1990 when he returned to

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to again present its 6:00pm newscast in

. Walters presented the ''Ten Evening News with Eric Walters'' (later to become ''Ten Eyewitness News with Eric Walters'') from mid-1990 until April 1991, when Ten undertook a major overhaul of its news programming. During his time with Ten, Walters anchored national, all-evening coverage of the War in the Gulf. Walters was also launch presenter for the ''Ten Evening News Second Edition'' in January 1991. Following his time at Ten, another commercial network beckoned and, in 1992, Walters joined

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as a reporter for its new current affairs program ''

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'' with Stan Grant. He continued to work as a media trainer and public speaker, and was a guest on the 25th Anniversary Edition of ''

''.

References

Media Training Australia - Eric Walters Enterprises

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