Cameron Price (born 24 September 1985) is an

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who is a reporter with ''

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'' in Sydney. He was formerly a Sydney reporter for ''

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'' and a

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reporter for '' Nine News''.

Career

Price obtained a

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from the

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and early in his career worked as a reporter for

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as well as '' Nine News'' in

. In 2011 Price was nominated for the

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Young Australian Journalist of the Year award. His career at ''

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'' 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

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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 files reports for ''

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''.

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