Mike Amor
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Mike Amor is a United States-based Australian journalist.
Career
Amor is United States Bureau Chief for Seven News, based in Los Angeles. He has won the Edward R Murrow National Award in the Breaking News category for his report of the rescue of a toddler after the Haiti earthquake[1] and has been nominated for two Australian Logies, winning in 2008 for his report on the Garuda plane crash in Indonesia. He has won two Quill Awards.[citation needed]
In a career spanning 25 years, Amor has covered many of the biggest stories in the world from Belgrade to Beijing. Mike was on the ground in New York during the 11 September attacks. He helped rescue Australian tourists trapped in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Amor has led Seven’s coverage for three US elections, including Barack Obama's win in 2008. He is also a war correspondent having covered the Libyan rebellion, the Gaza war and two Fijian coups. He transferred to Sydney in 2006 as a news presenter but returned to the U.S. one year later.[citation needed]
Other stories he has covered are the Norway massacre, the Virginia Tech massacre, the death of Pope John Paul II, the Italian earthquake, the death of Michael Jackson, the handover of Hong Kong to China and the United Nations debate in the lead up to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.[citation needed]
Amor won two awards at the 2015 Southern California Journalism Awards for two Seven News reports.[2] In the same year, Amor was awarded the LA Press Club's American National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award for coverage of the death of Robin Williams.[3]
Personal life
Amor grew up in Bendigo, Victoria and now lives with his American wife Tracy and their son in Malibu, California.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Scandal nets an award for Ten journo Matt Moran". The Australian. 20 June 2011.
- ^ Knox, David (1 July 2015). "Reporter Mike Amor awarded in US". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (8 December 2015). "Mike Amor wins LA Press Club award". TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
External links
- Mike Amor profile, seven.com.au
- Profile, mikeamor.wordpress.com
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