BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY
Stan Grant (journalist)
Stan Grant
Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes.JPG
Stan Grant and wife Tracey Holmes, in 2008
Born 30 September 1963 (age 52)
Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation News Anchor
Notable credit(s) Real Life host
(1994)
CNN anchor (2000–2007, 2009-present)
Spouse(s) Karla Grant (?-2000)
Tracey Holmes (2000-present)
Children 1 (f); 2 (m) with Karla Grant;
1 (m) with Holmes[1]
Parent(s) Stan Grant, Snr.
Stan Grant, Jr. (born 30 September 1963) is an Australian journalist and correspondent for Sky News Australia. Grant is of Aboriginal ancestry from the Wiradjuri.
Contents
1 Early years
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Ambassador
Early years
Grant is a Wiradjuri man[2] from Griffith, New South Wales. He is the son of Stan Grant, an elder of the Wiradjuri people.
Career
Grant commenced university in New South Wales, then to the Australian National University and got a job as a copy boy at The Canberra Times. He spent several years as a news presenter on the Australian Macquarie Radio Network and Seven and ABC television networks, along with a stint at CNN International in Hong Kong and Beijing, responsible for the news network's coverage of China.[1]
In 1994, as host of the Seven Network current affairs program Real Life he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program.[3]
In 2007, alongside news presenter Mary Kostakidis he took on the role of co-presenter of the one-hour 6.30 pm SBS World News Australia bulletin. His former wife Karla Grant is also employed on the SBS program Living Black.
In September 2007, Grant was announced presenter and producer of ABC Local Radio's Indigenous programme Speaking Out which focuses on culture, lifestyle and political issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. Grant replaced Kerry Klimm and in 2008, Grant was replaced by Rhianna Patrick. In December 2007, Grant resigned from SBS World News Australia and was replaced by Anton Enus. In 2008, Grant joined the World Bank as Senior Communications Officer,[4] based in Sydney.
In 2009 Grant was appointed UAE correspondent for CNN. Based in CNN's new Abu Dhabi news-gathering and production centre, Grant covers stories from both the UAE and the surrounding region[5] and hosts Prism. Grant returned to Australia in 2013 and hosted a nightly late night news program Newsnight for Sky News Australia, which aired weeknights at 11pm.[6] From 2014 he started hosting Sky News Australia's Reporting Live with Stan Grant at 6pm, a nightly news program reporting on the serious news stories of the day. In April he hosted Crimes that Shook Australia, a six-part television drama series broadcast on FOXTEL.[7]
In 2016, Grant will host a nightly news bulletin on NITV titled The Point with Stan Grant.[8]
Personal life
Grant is a member of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from the south-west inland region of New South Wales. The Wiradjuri also have roots in inner Victoria, which is where he spent much of his childhood.
Grant was married to Karla Grant with whom he had three children.[1] A well publicised marriage break-up in 2000, prior to the Sydney Olympic Games, resulted from his starting a relationship with fellow TV personality Tracey Holmes. After criticism from News Corporation tabloids,[9] while News was involved in the C7 Sport dispute with Seven, his employment at the Seven Network was terminated as a result, and he and Tracey Holmes moved to Hong Kong.[1]
Grant has written a memoir, The Tears of Strangers, which he hopes to develop into a play or a documentary.[1]
Ambassador
Stan Grant is an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
Stan Grant
Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes.JPG
Stan Grant and wife Tracey Holmes, in 2008
Born 30 September 1963 (age 52)
Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation News Anchor
Notable credit(s) Real Life host
(1994)
CNN anchor (2000–2007, 2009-present)
Spouse(s) Karla Grant (?-2000)
Tracey Holmes (2000-present)
Children 1 (f); 2 (m) with Karla Grant;
1 (m) with Holmes[1]
Parent(s) Stan Grant, Snr.
Stan Grant, Jr. (born 30 September 1963) is an Australian journalist and correspondent for Sky News Australia. Grant is of Aboriginal ancestry from the Wiradjuri.
Contents
1 Early years
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Ambassador
Early years
Grant is a Wiradjuri man[2] from Griffith, New South Wales. He is the son of Stan Grant, an elder of the Wiradjuri people.
Career
Grant commenced university in New South Wales, then to the Australian National University and got a job as a copy boy at The Canberra Times. He spent several years as a news presenter on the Australian Macquarie Radio Network and Seven and ABC television networks, along with a stint at CNN International in Hong Kong and Beijing, responsible for the news network's coverage of China.[1]
In 1994, as host of the Seven Network current affairs program Real Life he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program.[3]
In 2007, alongside news presenter Mary Kostakidis he took on the role of co-presenter of the one-hour 6.30 pm SBS World News Australia bulletin. His former wife Karla Grant is also employed on the SBS program Living Black.
In September 2007, Grant was announced presenter and producer of ABC Local Radio's Indigenous programme Speaking Out which focuses on culture, lifestyle and political issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. Grant replaced Kerry Klimm and in 2008, Grant was replaced by Rhianna Patrick. In December 2007, Grant resigned from SBS World News Australia and was replaced by Anton Enus. In 2008, Grant joined the World Bank as Senior Communications Officer,[4] based in Sydney.
In 2009 Grant was appointed UAE correspondent for CNN. Based in CNN's new Abu Dhabi news-gathering and production centre, Grant covers stories from both the UAE and the surrounding region[5] and hosts Prism. Grant returned to Australia in 2013 and hosted a nightly late night news program Newsnight for Sky News Australia, which aired weeknights at 11pm.[6] From 2014 he started hosting Sky News Australia's Reporting Live with Stan Grant at 6pm, a nightly news program reporting on the serious news stories of the day. In April he hosted Crimes that Shook Australia, a six-part television drama series broadcast on FOXTEL.[7]
In 2016, Grant will host a nightly news bulletin on NITV titled The Point with Stan Grant.[8]
Personal life
Grant is a member of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from the south-west inland region of New South Wales. The Wiradjuri also have roots in inner Victoria, which is where he spent much of his childhood.
Grant was married to Karla Grant with whom he had three children.[1] A well publicised marriage break-up in 2000, prior to the Sydney Olympic Games, resulted from his starting a relationship with fellow TV personality Tracey Holmes. After criticism from News Corporation tabloids,[9] while News was involved in the C7 Sport dispute with Seven, his employment at the Seven Network was terminated as a result, and he and Tracey Holmes moved to Hong Kong.[1]
Grant has written a memoir, The Tears of Strangers, which he hopes to develop into a play or a documentary.[1]
Ambassador
Stan Grant is an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
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