Stan Grant (journalist)

Stan Grant, Jr. (born 30 September 1963) is an Australian journalist of part Aboriginal ancestry. Until December 2007, he co-presented the SBS World News Australia nightly news bulletin on Australian television which he left after a "difficult year" to pursue a "new challenge".He was born in Griffith, New South Wales.

Career

He has had a career as a news reader and presenter on Australian radio (Macquarie Radio Network) and television (Seven Network, Australian Broadcasting Corporation), along with a stint at CNN International in Hong Kong and Beijing, responsible for the news network's coverage of China. (Hugh Riminton has taken his seat in Hong Kong.)

In 1994, as host of the Seven Network current affairs program "Real Life" he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program. [cite news | publisher = TV Week | title = List of 1994 Logie Award Winners | url = http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63371]

His role as host of "Real Life" (a tabloid style current affairs program) was the main inspiration for the character of Mike Moore on the satire Frontline. His credibility as a journalist has suffered ever since.

In 2007, alongside news reader Mary Kostakidis he took on the role of co-presenter of the one hour nowrap|6.30 pm SBS World News Australia bulletin. His former wife Karla Grant is also employed on the SBS program "Living Black".

In September 2007, Grant was announced presenter and producer of ABC Local Radio's Indigenous program "Speaking Out" which focuses on culture, lifestyle and political issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. Grant replaced Kerry Klimm. As of 2008, Grant is currently no longer presenting "Speaking Out".

In December 2007, Grant resigned from SBS. Anton Enus replaced Grant.

From 2008, Grant joined the World Bank as Senior Communications Officer [ [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/TIMORLESTEEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21702843~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:294022,00.html?cid=3001 media release] , World Bank, 27 March 2008, accessed 24 April 2008] , based in Sydney.

Family and social

Grant is a member of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from the south-west inland region of New South Wales.

Grant was married to Karla with whom he had three children. A well publicised marriage break-up in 2000, prior to the Sydney Olympic Games, resulted from his starting a relationship with fellow TV personality Tracey Holmes. His employment at the Seven Network was terminated as a result, and they moved to Hong Kong.

Grant is the son of Stan Grant, a Wiradjuri elder.

References

External links

* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12199589%5E7582,00.html article] - "The Australian" 10 February 2005
* [http://www.abc.net.au/message/tv/ms/s548522.htm Profile at abc.net.au]