Ahron Young

Ahron Young
Born (1982-06-12) 12 June 1982
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Education Rosebud Secondary College
Occupation Bureau chief (Melbourne)
Years active 2006 – present
Employer Sky News Australia
Known for Journalism, TV presenting
Awards ASTRA Awards – Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist
2013 Sky News Australia
Website Ahron Young

Ahron Young is an Australian journalist currently serving as the Melbourne bureau chief and anchor for Sky News Australia.[1]

Young joined Sky News Australia in 2006 as a reporter, before moving to sister channel Sky News Business upon its launch in 2008. He then moved back to the news channel, becoming the bureau chief in Melbourne.

Young anchors news programs across the schedule, including Newsday and Weekend Live. In 2017-18 he also co-anchored Summer Edition with Caroline Marcus.

Young has toured Afghanistan with the Australian Army, and reported from north Queensland as Cyclone Yasi made landfall. In December 2014, Ahron anchored live from Cairns, in the aftermath of Australia’s worst domestic tragedy - the murder of eight young children.

In April 2015, Young reported on the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign from Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula, including the Dawn Service and the memorial at Lone Pine.[2]

Young has previously worked for the Southern Peninsula Local Newspaper, 3AW, Sky News UK and was one of the founding anchors on Russia Today.[3]

In 2004/05, Young reported on the Asian tsunami from Patong beach in Thailand, before moving to London to become European correspondent for Southern Cross Radio. He reported on the death of Pope John Paul II from Rome, as well as the election of the new Pope Benedict, and was the first Australian journalist on the scene of the London bombings, reporting live for Sky News Australia and Southern Cross Radio stations.

In 2013, Young won the ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Broadcast Journalist,[1] and was nominated again in 2014 and 2015, losing to colleague David Speers both times.[4][5]

In 2011, Young reported on the Qantas grounding from Melbourne airport and throughout the two night Fair Work hearings. The coverage was a finalist for a TV Week Logie award in 2012.

On 12 June 2014, then Premier of Victoria Denis Napthine sang Happy Birthday to Young during a live interview.[6]

Young regularly appears in the Foxtel TV show Wentworth, where he plays himself, as a reporter and newsreader.

References

  1. 1 2 "Connect - Sky News Team". Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Knox, David (21 April 2015). "SKY News / A-PAC: ANZAC Day". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Sky News reporter Ahron Young". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Knox, David. "ASTRA Awards 2014 Nominees". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Byrnes, Holly (13 March 2015). "ASTRA Awards 2015: Wentworth, Sky News among winners". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vic Premier avoids tough questions, by singing Happy Birthday to SKY News reporter". 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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