Brian Thomson (born 1965 in Kirkcaldy, Fife,

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) is the former Senior Correspondent of

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(World News Australia). He is currently SBS' International Editor.

Education

Thomson was educated at

Kirkcaldy High School Kirkcaldy High School is a 6-year co-educational comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. History The school was established in 1582 as Kirkcaldy Burgh School; the "High School" name dates from the middle part of the 19th&nb ...

, a comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, before studying Politics and History at Newcastle University, where he was Deputy President of the

Newcastle University Union Society Newcastle University Students' Union (NUSU) is the students' union of Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is an organisation with the intention of representing and providing services and welfare for the students of Univer ...

. He went on to gain a postgraduate diploma in radio and television journalism at the Lancashire Polytechnic (now the University of Central Lancashire).

Life and career

Thomson joined

Radio Forth Radio Forth is a group of two Independent Local Radio stations serving Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife. Radio Forth is owned and operated by Bauer, based at studios in Edinburgh and forms part of Bauer's Hits Radio network and Greatest Hits Radio ne ...

in 1989 as a News Reporter and in 1992 moved to Sky News where he was Scotland Correspondent. From 1994 to 1997 Thomson worked as a freelance journalist for

Reuters Television Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was estab ...

in Bangkok, Thailand and for GMTV in London, England. In 1997 Thomson emigrated to Sydney, Australia, where he joined SBS as Senior Producer. In 2006 Thomson became Senior Correspondent for SBS World News (World News Australia). In 2015 he became the network's International Editor.

Reporting

Thomson started his international career reporting on the First Gulf War, travelling between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He has since reported from more than 20 countries, covering conflicts in East Timor (the 2006 East Timorese crisis), Indonesia ( the downfall of Suharto), Thailand, Fiji (2006 Fijian coup d’état), Papua New Guinea, and Egypt (

2011 Egyptian protests The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

), elections in Nepal (

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008,

), the United States of America (

2008 United States Presidential election The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator f ...

and 2012, the United Kingdom ( 2010 general election), Australia (

2007 federal election This electoral calendar 2007 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2007 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not ...

) and Zimbabwe (

2008 Zimbabwean presidential election General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 to elect the President and Parliament. Because of Zimbabwe's dire economic situation, the elections were expected to provide incumbent President Robert Mugabe with his toughest electoral ...

), on sports in China ( 2008 Summer Olympics), Germany (

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

), and South Africa (

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), and on major events including the Inauguration of Barack Obama and the death of Nelson Mandela. He has also covered a number of natural disasters.

Awards

Walkley Award The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

for Sports Reporting 2006 (commended), Walkley Award for Television News 2007 (winner),

Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...

for TV News Reporting 2008 and 2012 (finalist),

United Nations Association of Australia The United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) is the official non-profit, non-government, membership-based, organisation in Australia working on behalf of the United Nations core body to promote its overall aims and ideals, and equally s ...

Media Peace Award 2011 (winner).

Miscellaneous

Thomson attracted attention by attending the 2008 Logie Awards dressed in a kilt.

References

External links

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/
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