Chris Roe Explained

Chris Roe
Birth Date:	1975 1, df=yes
Occupation:	Journalist

Chris Roe (born 14 January 1975) is an Australian broadcaster and journalist.

Career history

With a background as a radio announcer at Outback Radio 2WEB, Rural Press and DMG radio, Roe has spent the last 12 years in television working as a producer and presenter in news and sport.

After starting in television at Fox Sports, Roe joined Sky News in 2004 as a sports producer and presenter. Roe anchored weekend news since 2006 and regularly filled in on news programs across the week. He exited SKY News in 2013.^[1]

Roe moved to NITV after leaving Sky.^[2], he was executive producer for NITV's The Point.^[3]

At the 2018 Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism, Chris Roe and Karla Grant won the John Newfong Award for Outstanding Indigenous Affairs Reporting for their work at NITV.^[4]

Study

Roe completed a Bachelor of Arts in communications at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst^[5] and is currently undertaking a Master of Arts in ancient history at Macquarie University Sydney.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chris Roe exits SKY News. 23 June 2013. TV Tonight. 18 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227150558/http://www.skynews.com.au/onair/team/bio.aspx?pg=20. February 27, 2011 . dead.
2. Web site: NITV uncovering local stories for the nation . Whitley . Charlie . 1 October 2015 . . 25 November 2020.
3. Web site: Young and Free? It's time to stop repeating the lie . Roe . Chris . . 21 January 2020 . 25 November 2020.
4. Web site: Winners: 2018 NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism . Kennedy Awards . 10 August 2018 . 25 November 2020.
5. Web site: Bio . Sky News Australia . August 18, 2017.