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Kerry O'Brien (journalist)
Australian television journalist and presenter
For other people named Kerry O'Brien, see Kerry O'Brien (disambiguation).
Kerry Michael O'Brien (born 27 August 1945) is an Australian journalist based in Byron Bay.
He is the former editor and host of The 7.30 Report and Four Corners on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He has been awarded six Walkley Awards during his career.
Life and career
O'Brien was born into a Catholic family in Brisbane, Queensland, where he attended St Laurence's College.[1] He started as a news cadet at Channel 9 in Brisbane in 1966.
He has worked in newspapers, wire service and television news and current affairs, as a general reporter, feature writer, political and foreign correspondent, interviewer and compere, and served as press secretary to Labor leaderGough Whitlam.[2]
O'Brien said: "I guess it was my curiosity that drove my attraction to political journalism—and drove my desir