Mike Munro
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| Mike Munro | ||
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| Born | April 12, 1952 | |
| Education | St Joseph's Catholic School, Wingham Marist College North Shore |
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| Occupation | Journalist Newsreader TV Presenter |
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| Notable credit(s) | 60 Minutes A Current Affair This Is Your Life Missing Persons Unit National Nine News |
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Michael Munro (born April 12, 1952) is an Australian television presenter.
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[edit] Early life
Munro cites a tough childhood with an abusive and alcoholic mother, as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed [1]. Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales and Marist College North Shore in North Sydney. He began his career at 17 as a copyboy on the Daily Mirror Newspaper in 1971. He stayed in newspapers for 7 years, before trying television and not liking it. So he returned to newspapers when Rupert Murdoch sent him to New York to work in the NewsCorp bureau writing for newspapers in Great Britain and Australia. It was in 1982 that he returned to Sydney and television, where he started as a senior reporter in the Channel 10 newsroom. In 1984, he joined the Nine Network and Mike Willessee on the "Willessee" current affairs program. Two years later he replaced George Negus as the fifth male reporter on 60 Minutes, where he remained for the next 7 years. Since then he has hosted A Current Affair, This is Your Life and Missing Persons Unit. Today he's a news reader for National Nine News.
[edit] Television career
Munro moved into television journalism, appearing as a reporter on 60 Minutes as well as a reporter and later the host of A Current Affair.
He is synonymous with the biographical show This Is Your Life, which he has hosted since 1995.
In 2005 he took up the role of afternoon presenter of National Nine News. In 2006 he stepped down from National Nine News Afternoon edition but has continued presenting the National Nine News Sydney weekend news.
Also in 2006, Munro hosted the television series What a Year, alongside Megan Gale. It first aired on the Nine Network on October 2, 2006. But in 2007, they were replaced by Bert Newton and Julia Zemiro and since then the show had been axed.
[edit] Filmography
- 60 Minutes (1986-1993)
- A Current Affair (1999-2003)
- This Is Your Life (1995-)
- National Nine News (2005-)
- What a Year (2006)
- Missing Persons Unit (2006-)
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