Scott Bevan | |
Birth Place: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Spouse: | Jo |
Nationality: | Australian |
Years Active: | 36 |
Credits: | Moscow Correspondent ABC TV (2008–2010) News presenter ABC News 24 (2010–2015) |
Scott Bevan (born 1964 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian TV and radio presenter, journalist and biographer.
Scott Bevan grew up near Merewether in Newcastle.[1] In 1984 he joined the Newcastle Herald as a cadet journalist. He later worked in commercial radio as a news presenter. After a fifteen-month stint in Japan he joined the Nine Network in 1989 as a reporter. He spent time in Perth working for Nine News.[2] [3]
Bevan moved to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2005, working initially as reporter for the 7.30 Report and a presenter on ABC Local Radio. In 2008 he was posted to Moscow as a correspondent for ABC Television.
In 2010, he returned to Australia to become a presenter on ABC News 24.[4]
In 2014, Bevan's biography of Australian artist Sir William Dobell, Bill: The Life of William Dobell, was published.[5]
In January 2016, Bevan resigned from the ABC to restart a music career.