Mark Riley (journalist)

Mark Riley is an Australian journalist, who is Political Editor for Seven News based in Canberra.[1]

Career

Riley started his journalism career in 1979 at The Newcastle Herald,[2] where he covered topics including the 1989 Newcastle earthquake and the murder of Leigh Leigh. Riley's extended coverage of Leigh's murder received criticism, including from the Sydney Law Review, on the grounds that he was victim blaming Leigh for her own sexual assault and murder.[3][4]

Riley moved to The Sydney Morning Herald, where he worked in politics. In 1998, he was appointed New York correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and for Melbourne's The Age.[5]

Riley jointly won a Walkley Award in 1999 for his part in the SMH team's coverage of East Timor's independence.[6] Riley provided many reports for both newspapers on the 11 September terrorist attacks.[5] Returning to Australia in 2002, Riley became The Sydney Morning Herald's Chief Political Correspondent. In this position he provided commentary from Parliament House.[2]

In 2004, Riley joined the Seven Network and was appointed political editor for Seven News. He regularly provides live commentary on Sunrise and various Seven News bulletins.

His journalistic approach came under fire in 2011, when he was accused of "ambushing" the then Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott.[7]

Personal life

Riley is married to social commentator Suzanne Mostyn and they have two children.

Preceded by
Glenn Milne		 Seven News
Political Editor
2004 - present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References
  1. Meade, Amanda: Poll shapes up as battle of TV journos, The Australian, 26 July 2010.
  2. Overington, Caroline (2 August 2010). "Ten questions: Mark Reilly". The Australian. News Limited.
  3. Carrington, Kerry (24 July 1998). Who Killed Leigh Leigh?. Sydney, New South Wales: Random House Australia. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-0-09-183708-2.
  4. Morrow, Jonathon; San Roque, Mehera (1996). "In Her Death She Remains as the Limit of the System" (PDF). Sydney Law Review. 18 (4): 479.
  5. Riley, Mark; Alcorn, Gay (2001). "September 11: The Terrorists and the Towers". Best Australian Essays. Black Inc. 2001.
  6. Kirkpatrick, Rod: News media chronicle, July 1999 to June 2000, Australian Studies in Journalism, 9: 2000.
  7. "Reporter denies Abbott 'ambush' amid anger over Digger remark". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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