''Dateline'' is an Australian television international current affairs program broadcast on
SBS. Since its debut at on Friday 19 October 1984, it has focused largely on international events, often in developing or warring nations.
In 2015 the program changed its format going from one-hour episodes featuring multiple stories, to half-hour single subject episodes. The series focuses on under-reported stories from around the globe, with a documentary style. It is broadcast on Tuesdays at 9.30pm following Insight, and all episodes are available to view on
SBS On Demand.
It remains the longest-running international current affairs program in Australia.
History
Since its conception, the Dateline has covered topics such as: global conflict, environmental policies, social justice, crime, women’s rights, social change, and global politics. Dateline reporters have covered events including: the
Iraq War, violence in East Timor (2006), the
war in Afghanistan, global terror attacks, the rise of
ISIS, the
European refugee crisis, the USA under Trump,
Brexit, and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong – to name a few.
It currently runs for 32 episodes a year.
The long-running current affairs program has also accumulated many awards over its lifetime, including
Walkley Awards,
Logie Awards, and
UNAA Media Peace Awards
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 ...
, New York Festival Awards, an Australian Screen Editors Guild Award, as well as nominations for the
One World Media Awards
One World Media is a non-profit organisation, registered in the UK as a charitable trust. It is based in London. The charities mission is to support strong vibrant and independent media that empowers citizens, promotes justice and contributes to in ...
, the Association of International Broadcasting and the Asian Academy Awards.
George Negus hosted the program from 2005 until 2010, replacing journalist
Mark Davis Mark Davis may refer to:
Entertainers
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, who in his period between 2003–2004 gained several nominations for the
Walkley Awards. He was preceded in the host's chair by
Jana Wendt and
Pria Viswalingam
Anandan Pria Viswalingam is an Australian documentary and film maker. He is a Sydney-based producer, writer and director, known earlier for his work with the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) network.
Viswalingam was born in Kota Bahru, Federa ...
. Negus was replaced by his predecessor Mark Davis and Yalda Hakim, another Dateline journalist.
Helen Vatsikopoulos
Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist, academic and documentary film-maker. She worked for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) prior to joining University of Technology, Sydney in Sep ...
also spent time as host. In December 2012, Yalda Hakim resigned from ''Dateline'' to join
BBC World News. Yalda was replaced by former
CNN presenter
Anjali Rao in February 2013.
In 2015 under the new program format the role of studio host was removed. Since then the half-hour episodes have been fronted by a team of award winning reporters including Evan Williams, Amos Roberts, Catherine Scott, Calliste Weitenberg, Dean Cornish, and guest reporters from within SBS News and Current Affairs such as Marc Fennell, Janice Petersen, Jan Fran and Laura Murphy Oates.
Dateline’s Executive Producers have included: Mike Carey (1999–2007), Peter Charley (2007–2014), and Bernadine Lim (2014–2018). Bernadine Lim left the program in 2018 to become the Head of Documentaries at Screen Australia. Georgina Davies is the current Executive Producer having been promoted to the role from Series Producer in 2018.
See also
*
List of longest-running Australian television series
Below is a list of all the longest-running Australian television programs, both past and present, that have been broadcast for a minimum of 6–10 years or 6 seasons (or both).
All data is updated as of 2 February 2022.
Note: Programs with a s ...
References
External links
Official website
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Australian television news shows
Special Broadcasting Service original programming
1984 Australian television series debuts
1990s Australian television series
2000s Australian television series
2010s Australian television series