AUSTRALIA
Peter Charley - Executive Producer
Peter Charley
Peter Charley has worked for more than 30 years as a reporter and producer. He began his career as a cadet journalist on Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper in 1975.
He later wrote for the Sydney Sun newspaper before moving to Sydney's Channel Seven as a news reporter and, later, as the newsroom's Chief of Staff.
Over the next several years, Peter lived and worked in New York, providing stories for National Public Radio and working for Sixty Minutes before joining Fox Television, New York, as Show Producer of the weekly current affairs program, The Reporters. Peter has traveled extensively, reporting on news and current affairs from more than fifty countries.
His work has attracted international acclaim, including First Prize in the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies 'Novartis' Award, a New York Film Festival Silver Medal and a Walkley Award for excellence in International Reporting.
Peter joined Dateline as Executive Producer in 2007 after working for seven years at the ABC as Executive Producer of the Lateline program.
He later wrote for the Sydney Sun newspaper before moving to Sydney's Channel Seven as a news reporter and, later, as the newsroom's Chief of Staff.
Over the next several years, Peter lived and worked in New York, providing stories for National Public Radio and working for Sixty Minutes before joining Fox Television, New York, as Show Producer of the weekly current affairs program, The Reporters. Peter has traveled extensively, reporting on news and current affairs from more than fifty countries.
His work has attracted international acclaim, including First Prize in the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies 'Novartis' Award, a New York Film Festival Silver Medal and a Walkley Award for excellence in International Reporting.
Peter joined Dateline as Executive Producer in 2007 after working for seven years at the ABC as Executive Producer of the Lateline program.
For further information please contact SBS publicist Christine Heard on 02 9430 3794 or christine.heard@sbs.com.au
