Scott Bevan (born 1964 in

Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle ( ; ), is a large Metropolitan area, metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of City of Newcastle, Newcastle and Ci ...

) is an Australian TV and radio presenter, journalist and biographer.

Biography

Scott Bevan grew up near Merewether in

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. In 1984 he joined the ''

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'' as a cadet journalist. He later worked in commercial radio as a news presenter. After a fifteen-month stint in Japan he joined the

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in 1989 as a reporter. He spent time in

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working for

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. Bevan moved to the

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in 2005, working initially as reporter for the 7.30 Report and a presenter on

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. In 2008 he was posted to Moscow as a correspondent for

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. In 2010, he returned to Australia to become a presenter on

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. In 2014, Bevan's biography of Australian artist Sir

William Dobell Sir William Dobell (24 September 189913 May 1970) was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century. Dobell won the Archibald Prize, Australia's premier award for portrait artists on three occasions. The Dobell Prize is named ...

, ''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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