Michael Usher

Michael Usher is an Australian television presenter and reporter.^[1] Usher presents Seven News Sydney on Friday and Saturday with Angela Cox and The Latest: Seven News.

Michael Usher
Born	1970^[citation needed] Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia^[citation needed]
Nationality	Australian
Education	All Saints' College, Perth Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation(s)	Television presenter Correspondent
Years active	1990–present
Employer	Seven Network
Children	3

Early life

Usher graduated from All Saints' College, Perth in 1987.^[2] He went on to study media in 1989 at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and graduated with an Associate Diploma in Media Studies.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Nine Network

Usher's television career began in 1990 at the Golden West Television Network, Bunbury, as a final year cadet journalist. He was then posted to Kalgoorlie before beginning the following year at STW-9, Perth.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993, Usher moved to Sydney and to TCN-9 news. Three years later he was appointed to the role of Nine Network Olympics reporter, leading the Network's coverage of the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. He also went to Lausanne to cover the corruption scandal that engulfed the International Olympic Committee. He was the Nine Network's correspondent in New York when the Twin Towers were attacked in September 2001, and less than two years later was in Iraq, travelling north from Kuwait to reach Baghdad the day after the Coalition seized the city.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Usher moved to the Nine Network's US bureau, where he worked for three years as National Nine News US correspondent, based in Los Angeles. Usher returned to Australia to fill in as host of Today, then at the beginning of 2004, together with wife Anna and young son, he moved to the UK, to cover the London bureau.^[3]

In 2006, Usher returned to Australia and began presenting Nightline, replacing Ellen Fanning.^[4] In 2007, Usher became news presenter for the Sunday program. Following the axing of Nightline in July 2008 and Sunday in August 2008, he was appointed presenter of the short-lived Nine News Sunday AM and for the rest of 2008, Usher filled-in on various Nine News bulletins as well as reporting for 60 Minutes, filling in for Tara Brown who was on maternity leave at the time.^{[citation needed]}

Between November 2008 and January 2009, Usher presented the weekend bulletin of Nine News Sydney. This was after the resignation of Mike Munro and before the appointment of former weeknight presenter Mark Ferguson as the permanent weekend presenter.^{[citation needed]} Also from 2009, Usher finished his role as presenter of the Sunday Morning News, as the bulletin was replaced with Weekend Today.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2009, Usher was appointed as a permanent reporter for 60 Minutes. He also hosted the first leaders debate between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott prior to the 2010 Australian Federal Election.^[5]

In December 2010, Usher presented A Current Affair while usual fill in presenter Leila McKinnon had a holiday. He also co-hosted the 2010 New Year's Eve Fireworks with Alicia Gorey. In December 2011, Usher filled in for Karl Stefanovic on Today whilst Stefanovic was on holidays.^{[citation needed]}

Seven Network

In October 2016, Usher joined the Seven Network and replaced Melissa Doyle as weekend presenter on Seven News Sydney.^[6]

In December 2018, Usher was appointed the presenter of The Latest: Seven News.^[7]

References

1. Another blow for 60 Minutes as Michael Usher jumps ship to Seven Network
2. "Michael Usher – Class of 1987" (PDF), Give the Gift of All Saints, All Saints' College, 2018, retrieved 23 April 2019
3. Here Today ...
4. Christine Spiteri to sue Channel Nine for sexism
5. Worm wriggles back to claim poll centre-stage
6. Knox, David (15 August 2016). "Michael Usher set for weekend news at Seven". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
7. Perry, Kevin (9 December 2018). "Seven looks to bring back late night viewers with THE LATEST". DeciderTV. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

External links

Preceded by Anne Fulwood as Seven Late News (2003)	The Latest: Seven News Presenter December 2018 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent Melissa Doyle (Monday)
Preceded by Melissa Doyle	Seven News Sydney Friday & Saturday presenter with Angela Cox October 2016 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Program started	Nine News: Sunday AM Presenter August 2008 – January 2009	Succeeded by Program started
Preceded by Ellen Fanning (as Sunday host)	Sunday News presenter September 2007 – August 2008	Succeeded by Program ceased
Preceded by Ellen Fanning	Nightline Presenter 2006 – July 2008	Succeeded by Wendy Kingston as Nine's Late News