Cameron Price | |
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Born | [1] | 24 September 1985
Education | University of Queensland |
Occupation | Reporter |
Years active | 2008–present |
Employer(s) |
Nine News Queensland (2008–2011) Sky News Australia (2011–2016) Seven News Sydney (2016–2021) Sunrise (occasional appearances, 2017–2021) LeadStory (2021–present) |
Known for | Journalism |
Website | Cameron Price profile |
Cameron Price (born 24 September 1985) [1] [2] is an Australian journalist who is the co-founder and CEO of LeadStory.
He was formerly a Sydney reporter for Sky News Australia, [3] a Brisbane reporter for Nine News, [2] a Sydney reporter for Seven News [4], and an occasional reporter for Sunrise. [5]
Price obtained a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Queensland and early in his career worked as a reporter for WIN Television in Toowoomba as well as Nine News in Brisbane. [3]
In 2011 Price was nominated for the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year award. [6]
His career at Nine News Queensland 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 Eva Milic cross to Price who was in a helicopter reported to be "near Beerwah", however it later emerged the helicopter was on a Nine Network helipad in Mt Coot-Tha 90 kilometres away. [7] [8] Price began legal action against Nine, however the two parties settled out of court. [9] Price had been due to move to Sydney to take up a position with the Nine Network in the week he was sacked. [10]
Price then joined Sky News in 2011 as a producer, before accepting a role as on-air Sydney reporter. [11] Price left Sky News in April 2016 [12] and the following month joined Seven News as a reporter. [4] He also occasionally filed reports for Sunrise. [5] Price left Seven in June 2021, and co-founded LeadStory in the same month. LeadStory launched in September 2021. [13]