Denham Hitchcock
Denham Hitchcock is an Australian journalist and broadcaster. He is the current senior reporter for Channel Seven’s documentary unit, Spotlight.[1][2][3]
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Nationality | Australian |
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Years active | 1994-present |
Known for | News reporter at Channel Seven |
Career
Hitchcock started his media career as a junior researcher at Channel 7’s program, Today Tonight, in 1994. soon after, he progressed at Channel 7, where he worked as a researcher and producer on Today Tonight and then The Times. Hitchcock went on to become a producer and part-time news reporter for the Early Morning News, 6pm news, and later an executive Producer for the 11am news program.[4]
In 2010, Hitchcock was awarded the coveted position of U.S. Correspondent for the Nine Network.[5]
In 2011, he provided 24-hour coverage on the death of Osama bin Laden.[6] He covered the Typhoon Haiyan for the channel by hiring a private plane to fly into the devastated area. He was sent to Vatican City for the 2013 papal conclave, and was reporting live on the streets in New York during the Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Hitchcock has covered a series of mass shootings in the United States including the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where 25 people were killed.
In 2014 Hitchcock left the Channel Nine and returned to Australia to work for Channel Seven’s program, Sunday Night.[7]
In 2017, he went to Mexico to confront a plastic surgeon, who's negligence led to the death of several patients including an Australian woman.[8] The same year, he flew to Colombia to report on the controversial arrest and imprisonment of an Australian woman by the name of Cassandra Sainsbury, accused of being a cocaine drug mule.[9][10]
Hitchcock has traveled to Iraq and Syria twice to report on the rise and fall of the ISIL.[11]
In 2020, the Sunday Night program was discontinued by the Channel 7.[12][13][14][15] Hitchcock was retained to create hour long documentaries to fill the current affairs void left behind. The first report was on the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.[16][17]
Hitchcock has written many articles for major Australian newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Telegraph.[18] He has also compiled several reports for the world's largest men's magazine, Men's Health, including a visit to a traditional kickboxing camp in Thailand, and later completing a five-day fast.[19]
In 2021, shortly after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech injection, he was hospitalized for pericarditis, a side effect linked to the spike protein injection.[20]
References
- "Denham Hitchcock- Reporter-7NEWS". Seven Network. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Denham Hitchcock". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Mediaweek Roundup: Denham Hitchcock, Network 10, Nine + more". Mediaweek. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Seven Announces Spotlight Investigations Team Covering Breaking news Deep&Dives". Mediaweek. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Denham Hitchcock tippied to join Seven after dropping out of contract renegotiations with Nine". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "2:09 OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD : Ch9 Australia : Denham Hitchcock". YouTube. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Denham Hitchcock joins Sunday Night". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Fatal operation: Mission to stop the 'Butcher of Mexico'". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "'Cocaine Cassie' Sainsbury's uncle Neil slams the convicted drug smuggler's release". Seven Network. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "60 Minutes wins ratings battle with Sunday Night over alleged drug mule Cassie Sainsbury". Mumbrella. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "IDenham Hitchcock: The beginning of the end". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Coronavirus Victoria: Channel 7 reporter flooded with support after Daniel Andrews treatment". News.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "7NEWS SPOTLIGHT: Saving Candice". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "'Thank you MSM': Pete Evans gets cosy treatment from the Daily Telegraph". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "'Enough is enough!': Channel 9 boss has accused Channel 7 of copycat journalism". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "'Hellfire: The Battle of Cobargo' will expose the warning signs that led to the bushfires". Seven Network. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Hellfire: The Battle of Cobargo". Seven Network. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "It is a murderous regime with no mercy and one Aussie who went to fight them faces life in jail as he returns". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Denham Hitchcock Is A Real Life Clark Kent". Men's Health. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Channel 7 journalist Denham Hitchcock in hospital with pericarditis after COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine | PerthNow".