Scott Bevan (born 1964 in
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle ar ...
) is an Australian TV and radio presenter, journalist and biographer.
Biography
Scott Bevan grew up near
Merewether in
Newcastle.
In 1984 he joined the ''
Newcastle Herald'' as a cadet journalist. He later worked in commercial radio as a news presenter. After a fifteen-month stint in Japan he joined the
Nine Network in 1989 as a reporter. He spent time in
Perth
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working for
Nine News.
Bevan moved to the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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in 2005, working initially as reporter for the
7.30 Report and a presenter on
ABC Local Radio. In 2008 he was posted to Moscow as a correspondent for
ABC Television.
In 2010, he returned to Australia to become a presenter on
ABC News 24.
In 2014, Bevan's biography of Australian artist Sir
William Dobell, ''Bill: The Life of William Dobell'', was published.
In January 2016, Bevan resigned from the ABC to restart a music career.
References
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1964 births
Living people
Nine News presenters
ABC News (Australia) presenters
People from Newcastle, New South Wales
Journalists from New South Wales
University of Newcastle (Australia) alumni
ABC radio (Australia) journalists and presenters
20th-century Australian journalists
21st-century Australian journalists
Australian biographers