Mark Austin Biography and Profile
Mark Austin is an English journalist and television presenter, currently working for Sky News. In addition, he is well known as the former co-newscaster for the ITV Evening News, alongside Mary Nightingale, and the former co-newscaster of the ITV News at Ten, alongside Julie Etchingham. He also presented the ITV documentary series Real Crime from 2008 until 2011. Since 24 September 2018, he has presented The News Hour and Sky News at 6 as part of schedule changes on Sky News.
Mark Austin Age
How old is Austin? He is 65 years old as of 2024. Austin was born on November 1, 1958, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He celebrates his birthday on the 1st of November every year.
Mark Austin Education
Austin enrolled at Bournemouth School, a state grammar school in the town of Bournemouth in Dorset, followed by Highbury College in the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
Mark Austin Height|Weight
Austin stands at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs.
Mark Austin Family
He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; however, he has not revealed information regarding his family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Mark Austin Wife|Married
He is happily married to Catherine, an A&E doctor, and their three children, Jack, Madeleine, and Beatrice. He is a supporter of Chelsea FC and regularly posts comments about the club on Twitter. Austin lives in Haslemere, Surrey, with his wife
Mark Austin Children
They are blessed with three children: Jack, Madeleine, and Beatrice. He is a supporter of Chelsea FC and regularly posts comments about the club on Twitter. Austin lives in Haslemere, Surrey, with his wife.
Mark Austin Career
He began his broadcasting career in the media as a general reporter for the Bournemouth Daily Echo (1976–1980). Later, he joined the BBC as a newsroom writer, becoming a general news reporter in 1982. He was made a sports reporter in 1985. Austin joined ITN, which produces the news for ITV, in October 1986 as Sports sports correspondent. He was given his first assignment on day one – to cover England’s successful Ashes tour of Australia, as well as the America’s Cup. He stayed in Australia for four months and during this time unexpectedly found himself reporting on the “Spycatcher” trial.
Austin has reported all the extensive sporting occasions for ITV News, including the Olympics, Wimbledon, the British Open, rugby internationals, football news, and cricket. He was one of the first British journalists to report from the Gulf during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. From the start of the war early in 1991, he was in Bahrain, the base for many of the Tornado squadrons, sending back regular reports including those on the recapture of the islands of Qaruh and Um-al-Maradin.
In 1993, he was based in Hong Kong as Asia Correspondent for ITV News. He returned there for his second tour as Asia Correspondent in 1996, spending over two years reporting, including the handover of the island to the Chinese in July 1997. He returned to London in mid-1998. In February 2022, Austin presented Sky News live from Kyiv during the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mark Austin Awards and Achievements
Austin has received 6 BAFTA awards. In 1995 for his role in ITV’s Rwanda coverage; in 2010, for his role in the ITV News coverage of the Haiti earthquake.In 2011 for the Cumbria Murders coverage and in 2014 for reporting of the Woolwich attacks. With Sky News in 2020, Austin won a BAFTA for coverage of the Hong Kong protests. And in 2021, for a program on the crisis in Idlib in Syria, also for Sky News
He won an international Emmy in 2000 for his reporting of the 2000 Mozambique floods, as well as a Gold Nymph at the 2000 Television Festival of Monte Carlo, and Gold and Silver Medals at the New York Television Programming Awards.
In 2014 and 2015, Austin won the ‘RTS Presenter of the Year Award’.
- In 1993, he won the top prize in the Sports News category at the Royal Television Society Awards for his coverage of the drug scandal affecting three British sportsmen at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
- He was awarded an honorary doctorate in November 2008 by Bournemouth University
Mark Austin Salary|Net Worth
Austin has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which he earns from his broadcasting career.
Mark Austin Social Media Platforms
He is very active on all social media accounts and he is often seen posting on his platforms. Austin has over 4.6k followers on Twitter, 147.5k followers on Facebook, and 2.9k followers on Instagram.
Frequently asked questions about Mark Austin
Who is Mark Austin?
Austin is an English journalist and television presenter, currently working for Sky News. In addition, he is well known as the former co-newscaster for the ITV Evening News, alongside Mary Nightingale, and the former co-newscaster of the ITV News at Ten, alongside Julie Etchingham. He also presented the ITV documentary series Real Crime from 2008 until 2011. Since 24 September 2018, he has presented The News Hour and Sky News at 6 as part of schedule changes on Sky News
How old is Mark Austin?
How old is Austin? He is 64 years old as of 2022. Austin was born on November 1, 1958, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He celebrates his birthday on the 1st of November every year.
Is Mark Austin married?
He is happily married to Catherine, an A&E doctor, and their three children Jack, Madeleine, and Beatrice. He is a supporter of Chelsea FC and regularly posts comments about the club on Twitter.
Where does Mark Austin Live?
Austin lives in Haslemere, Surrey with his wife
