Ross Greenwood (born 29 June 1959) is an Australian print and television journalist and radio presenter, reporting on business and finance
Journalism
Greenwood has been the editor of numerous business publications, including ''Personal Investment'' (1986–1997), ''
Business Review Weekly
''BRW'' (formerly ''Business Review Weekly'') was an Australian business magazine published by the Fairfax Media group. The magazine was headquartered in Melbourne. It regularly compiled lists which rank corporations and individuals according to ...
'' (1997–1999) and ''Shares'', an Australian magazine he co-founded.
Media career
On television, Greenwood has appeared on ''
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise'' from 1992 to 1997. In 1999 he moved to London and was founding editor of Shares Magazine, as well as being a regular presenter on
BBC Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcas ...
's ''Wake Up to Money'' program)
CNN
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,
Sky News
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and
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television (on-air as Bloomberg) is an American-based pay television network focusing on business and capital market programming, owned by Bloomberg L.P. It is distributed globally, reaching over 310 million homes worldwide. It is head ...
. He joined the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
in Australia in 2003, to be the Business & Finance Editor.
In 2006, Greenwood and
Ellen Fanning
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People named Ellen include:
*Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress
*Ellen A ...
replaced
Jana Wendt
Jana Bohumila Wendt ( ; born 9 May 1956) is an Australian Gold Logie award-winning television journalist, reporter and writer.
Early life
Wendt was born in Melbourne to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949. Wendt attended Presentat ...
as co-hosts of the ''
Sunday
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For most observant adherents of Christianity, Sunday ...
'' program. Greenwood was then replaced by
Ray Martin but at the start of 2008 Martin resigned from the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
.
Between 2003 and 2019 Greenwood was the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
's Business and Finance Editor, and appeared on ''
Today
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* Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now''
* Current era, present
* The current calendar date
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 A ...
,'' ''
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, ...
,
60 Minutes
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and
A Current Affair
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* ''A Current Affair'' (Australian TV program), 1971–present Australian current affairs program that airs on Nine Network
* ''A Current Affair'' (American TV program), a 1986–1998 American television news ...
.''
He also presented ''Money News'' on
2GB
2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by parent company Nine Radio, a division of Nine Entertainment Co., who also own sister station 2UE.
2GB broadcasts on 873 kHz, AM.
In 2010, 2GB held 14.7% of the total rad ...
Sydney, between 6pm and 8pm each day. The program was networked to
3AW
3AW is a talkback radio station based in Melbourne. It broadcasts on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.
The station is owned and operated by Nine Entertainment Co.
Hist ...
Melbourne,
4BC
4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 882 kHz AM.
4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station.
While the station's broadcasting facility is at Cannon Hill, its transmitting tower is located alongside the Gateway Motorway ...
Brisbane,
2CC
2CC is a commercial radio station on the AM band in Canberra, Australia. It began broadcasting on 1210 kHz in 1975 changing to 1206 kHz in 1978. It is jointly owned by Capital Radio Network and Grant Broadcasters.
History
2CC, which bega ...
Canberra and various regional networks.
In January 2021, Greenwood joined
Sky News Australia
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as Business Editor.
Greenwood is best remembered in 2015 for encouraging Australian Rules Football fans to racially vilify indigenous football star
Adam Goodes
Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, d ...
by booing him at games.
External links
Personal website
1969 births
Living people
Nine News presenters
Australian financial analysts
Australian television journalists
BBC newsreaders and journalists
Australian television talk show hosts
Former 2GB presenters
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