Mark Ferguson (television presenter)

Mark Ferguson
Born	21 February 1966 (1966-02-21) (age 45)
Occupation	Seven News presenter
Spouse	Jayne
Children	Jack, Ted & Paddy

Mark Ferguson (born 21 February 1966) is a news presenter with the Seven Network, presenting the weekend Sydney bulletin for Seven News and Seven 4.30 News on Thursday & Friday, due to Samantha Armytage's commitments with Weekend Sunrise.

He was previously a senior news presenter with Nine News Sydney, presenting the weeknight news bulletin.

Career

After working with regional stations in New South Wales and Queensland, Ferguson joined the Seven Network in 1989 and reported for a number of Seven News programs, including 11AM and Hinch.

He moved to Seven in Sydney in 1991, before moving to the Nine Network in 1992. At Nine he became London correspondent and reported from the UK on a number of major stories including the death of Princess Diana.

In 1997 he returned to Sydney as a reporter and in 2001 became a presenter, initially on the National Nine Early News at 6am, and later the National Nine Morning News at 11am.

During this time he was also a back-up presenter for the main 6pm news, meaning he was presenting the news during the time of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster in south-east Asia. His effort during this coverage saw him appointed to the main job on a permanent basis. Due to dwindling ratings at the beleaguered Nine Network, Ferguson was replaced by Peter Overton in January 2009.

In July 2009, it was revealed that Ferguson would move to Seven News from October.^[1] Ferguson, who had been with Nine for 17 years, was removed immediately from the weekend bulletin, and was replaced by Georgie Gardner. He continued to present the news on This Afternoon, and then on Nine News: Afternoon News until September 2009, Wendy Kingston replaced him.

In September 2009, he signed off Nine News for the final time, after more than 17 years with the network. He now presents the weekend bulletin for Seven News Sydney replacing Chris Bath who took over from Ian Ross as weeknight presenter of Seven News Sydney.^[2]

Personal life

Ferguson was one of nine children. Outside of work, Mark and his wife Jayne have three children and he is a Good Will Ambassador for the Good Beginnings charity organisation.

References

1. ^ "Nine star Mark Ferguson defects to Seven". news.com.au. 2009-07-03. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25727289-2,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-08. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Mark Ferguson ditched by Channel 9 has last laugh at Australia's leading TV Network Channel 7". 2009-11-03. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/tv/mark-ferguson-ditched-by-channel-9-has-last-laugh-at-australias-leading-tv-network-channel-7/story-e6frexlr-1225797993074=dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2009-11-29. 

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Preceded by Chris Bath	Seven News Sydney Weekend Presenter 28 November 2009 –	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Chris Bath	Seven 4.30 News Thursday & Friday Presenter November 2009 –	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Kim Watkins / Jim Waley Mike Munro / Michael Usher	Nine News Sydney Weekend Presenter 2003 – 2004 2009	Succeeded by Mike Munro Georgie Gardner
Preceded by Jim Waley	Nine News Sydney Weeknight Presenter 2005 – 9 January 2009	Succeeded by Peter Overton
First New television program	This Afternoon News Presenter 29 June 2009 – 14 July 2009	Program axed
Preceded by program re-instated	Nine News: Afternoon Edition Presenter 15 July 2009 – 25 September 2009	Succeeded by Wendy Kingston

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