- John Campbell (broadcaster)
John Campbell (born 1964 in
Wellington, New Zealand ) is the presenter of "Campbell Live ", a primetime 7.00pm current affairs programme on TV3 inNew Zealand .Campbell graduated from
Wellington College then Victoria University with aBachelor of Arts degree with Honours, and then worked as a share trader, providing a share report toRadio New Zealand 's "Midday Report". In 1989, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) offered him a job as a business reporter. He had no journalism training, but RNZ ran a cadetship system which provided him with the experience he needed. He read the three-minute news bulletins on the hour for RNZ, and then moved to TV3 in 1991 as a general reporter in theirWellington newsroom. He moved to their political press gallery a year later.In 1994 he moved to the
20/20 current affairs program and later presented an interview/current events segment of TV3 news. AfterJohn Hawkesby left TV3 News in 1998, Campbell was asked to fill in, and he remained as the main 3 News weekday newsreader along withCarol Hirschfeld until 2005. He moved toAuckland when TV3 News was relocated. He began the Campbell Live programme with Hirschfeld in March 2005.Campbell and Hirschfeld made two series of the interview program "Home Truths", and in 2004 they made a twelve-part series touring New Zealand called "
A Queen's Tour ", following the route of Queen Elizabeth's visit in 1953-1954. Campbell also hosted the Saturday Morning programme onRadio New Zealand for two years, from 2000-2002.Campbell has won the
Qantas Media Award for Best Investigative Current Affairs and for Best Presenter (twice), and the Best Presenter category for theNew Zealand Film and Television Awards (twice). His interviewing style has led one Prime Minister to call him a "dork" andHelen Clark to call him a "little creep" after he confronted her live on air about a GE corn scandal, an interview she walked out of. [cite book|url=http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=ME1vBrTXNFwC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=%22John+Campbell%22+%22Little+creep%22&source=web&ots=2CfOkdkgAv&sig=Rb1DSlYaNtYqwHmwiDDTXdblA4g&hl=en|title=Voters' Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government|isbn=1869403096|pages=p 36|first=Jack|last=Vowles|year=2004]References
External links
* [http://tv3.co.nz/listings/listing_info.cfm?display_star_info=1&air_time=2005%2D09%2D19%2019%3A00%3A00%2E0&show_id=3650&star_id=173&channel_id=1 TV3 bio]
* [http://campbelllive.tv3.co.nz/theteam/tabid/55/Default.aspx Campbell Live bio]
* [http://www.tearaway.co.nz/Article.aspx?PostingID=4505 Tearaway Magazine interview]
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