Mike Munro
| Mike Munro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Kenneth Munro 12 April 1952 Australian |
| Other names | Mike Munro |
| Education | Sacred Heart Marist Bros School Mosman Marist College North Shore |
| Occupation | Journalist News Presenter TV Presenter |
| Notable credit(s) | 60 Minutes A Current Affair This Is Your Life Missing Persons Unit Nine News Sunday Night |
| Spouse(s) | Leah Munro |
| Children | 2 |
Michael "Mike" Kenneth Munro, AM (born 12 April 1952), is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Munro cites a tough childhood with an abusive and alcoholic mother, as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed. Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales and Marist College North Shore in North Sydney. He began his career at 17 as a copyboy on The Daily Mirror in 1971. He stayed in newspapers for 7 years, before trying television and not liking it. So he returned to newspapers when Rupert Murdoch sent him to New York to work in the NewsCorp bureau writing for newspapers in Great Britain and Australia.
In 1982 he returned to Sydney and television, where he started as a senior reporter in the Channel 10 newsroom. In 1984, he joined the Nine Network and Mike Willessee on the "Willessee" current affairs program. Two years later he replaced George Negus as the fifth male reporter on 60 Minutes, where he remained for the next seven years, becoming well known for his interviews with celebrities including Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Katharine Hepburn.
Munro became a reporter and later the host of A Current Affair. In 1996, Munro was the reporter at the centre of the infamous Paxton family expose. Munro was replaced as the host of the show in 2002. His then boss, Peter Meakin subsequently described Munro's situation/demeanour at that time as "a little on the nose, a little out of favour, a little too brash". Meakin added that he did "really admire his (Munro's)courage and his grace" ... "in those last few months at A Current Affair because he did a brilliant job" even when he knew he was going to lose the role.
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