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Simon Bouda

Simon Bouda

Simon Bouda

A Current Affair Crime Editor

@Simon_Bouda

A Current Affair Crime Editor

Simon Bouda began his journalism career in 1976 as a part-time copyboy for News Limited where he worked for four years before moving to the Daily Telegraph in 1980.

While there, he covered everything from finance to police rounds.

In 1982, Bouda began working for the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth. He focused on legal news, but also wrote feature stories and sports articles. He continued to concentrate on crime when he moved to the Daily Mirror in 1983.

In 1986, Bouda joined The Sun in Sydney and was appointed chief crime reporter. In 1988, he returned to the Daily Mirror, this time in the capacity of chief crime reporter.

In 1990, Bouda joined Nine News as an assistant chief of staff. In 1992, he joined Sydney Extra, Nine’s news magazine program.

Beginning in 1992, Bouda began an eight-year-stint as chief crime reporter for Nine News. He reported on high-profile stories including the Sydney bushfires and the Ivan Milat backpacker murders case in 1994.

In 1997, he reported on the Thredbo landslide tragedy. In 1999, he covered the peace-keeping effort in East Timor as he travelled with the Australian forces on day one of the mission.

In 2000, while covering the Fijian Coup, Bouda survived an attack in which a cameraman was shot. In the same year, he moved to London to work as a Nine News correspondent.

From London, Bouda reported on all major news events in Europe and the Middle East including the war in Afghanistan, September 11, the deaths of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, the Manchester Commonwealth Games and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

In 2003, Bouda returned to Sydney as a state political correspondent for Nine News.

At the end of 2004 Bouda joined A Current Affair as a senior reporter based in Sydney.

Within a few weeks he was assigned to cover the Boxing Day tsunami, which claimed an estimated 300,000 lives across Asia.

Bouda arrived in Sri Lanka within 24 hours of the disaster and filed reports and live cross for A Current Affair and Nine News as well as the network’s other news programmes .

He returned to the Nine News team in February 2007.

Simon Bouda is the author of three books. His most recent, Survival, is the story of the Thredbo landslide, which was made into a telemovie. He lives in Waverley in Sydney with his wife and two children.

Awards and recognition:

Winner – 2012 Kennedy Awards for Most Outstanding Television News Report

Finalist – 2000 Australian Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

By Simon Bouda