Mark Burrows is an Australian television news presenter and journalist. He is currently a senior correspondent for

Nine News ''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...

in Sydney. Burrows is also a news presenter for ''

Today Extra ''Today Extra'' is an Australian morning talk show, with an infotainment base, hosted by David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys. The show airs between 9:00 am and 11:30 am weekdays and follows the Nine Network's breakfast news program ''T ...

'', Nine's morning and afternoon news on Monday's and is a stand-in presenter for

Nine News Sydney ''Nine News Sydney'' is the local news bulletin for the Nine Network station in Sydney, airing across New South Wales each night. Like all ''Nine News'' bulletins, the Sydney bulletin runs for one hour. from 6pm every day. It covers the day's ...

at 6 pm. Burrows has been a journalist for the

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for more than three decades.

Career

Burrows spent almost six years working as Nine's US correspondent, covering two US presidential elections, the

LA riots The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and the Los Angeles Race Riots, were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, in April ...

and earthquakes. In 1996 he was Nine’s reporter for the Atlanta Olympics. In 1997 Burrows was posted to Nine's London Bureau where he covered the death of

Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...

and the Iraq war. He also made numerous trips to Majorca in Spain covering fugitive Christopher Skase. In 2000, Burrows was a part of Nine's

Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug language, Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport ...

reporting team. Burrows led the coverage of the Bali bombings at the end of 2002. The coverage earned Nine a Walkley and Logie Award. He went on report on the Bali Nine drug arrests and the jailing of marijuana smuggler Schapelle Corby. He is now a senior reporter for

in Sydney. Burrows has been a journalist for Nine News for more than 35 years.

Personal life

Early life

Burrows was born and bred in

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, Australia. After three years at the University of Tasmania, he turned his back on a career in the law and joined Hobart’s TVT6, where he covered the Franklin River dam controversy under the mentorship of journalist Hendrik Gout.

Family

Burrows is married and has two sons.

Awards

Burrows has won many awards while working for decades as a journalist.

References

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