ShaunBrown
- Journalist
- Network executive
From trainee reporter to TVNZ’s Head of Television and then on to Managing Director of Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service, Shaun Brown’s career spanned 45 years. And all but four of those years were linked directly to public broadcasting. While the latter half of his career saw him increasingly taking on executive roles, he brought with him the experience of having worked at almost every level of the business.
Screenography
Biography
Though the majority of English-born Shaun Brown’s working life has been in broadcast journalism, his first taste was in print. He joined the Kent and Sussex Courier in 1966 as a trainee, staying on until 1969. It was a move to Australia in 1970 that first introduced him to broadcasting. He joined the ABC as a reporter in Perth, before moving to Auckland and a newspaper reporting job for the NZ Herald.
Awards
1997 Qantas Media Awards
Best Producer
Overall Qantas Award for Best Application of the Television Medium to Journalism
2002 New Zealand Special Service Medal (Nuclear Testing)
“Public broadcasting is a vital and irreplaceable segment of the broadcasting industry essential to the well-being of an open, informed and culturally enriched society, and a healthy democracy.”