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Tom Steinfort

Tom Steinfort

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@TomSteinfort

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Tom Steinfort is a multi-award-winning journalist and the co-host of 9News Melbourne's 6pm news.

Tom has covered the biggest stories in Australia and around the world for the last two decades – a remarkable career that's now seen him report from more than 50 countries across the globe. He was recently recognised as Australia's Foreign Correspondent of the Year.

Hailing from Melbourne, Tom studied Journalism at RMIT University before landing a job at WIN News in Ballarat in 2004.

Tom then joined 9News in Melbourne in 2006. His coverage of several major stories including the tragic Black Saturday bushfires was recognised when he won the Melbourne Press Club's Young Journalist of the Year Award, and was also nominated for a Walkley Award.

In 2010, Tom moved to Sydney to join the A Current Affair team. There he was part of the Logie-nominated investigation into sexual abuse by Robert Hughes on the set of Hey Dad!, which led to the actor being jailed for 10 years.

His coverage on the ground at the Japanese tsunami disaster in 2011 resulted in a nomination for a Walkley Award. The same year saw him in the midst of the devastating Queensland floods and Christchurch earthquake.

In 2012, Tom moved back to 9News. He was reporting from the field as the NSW bushfire crisis unfolded in 2013, part of Channel Nine's Logie Award-winning coverage of the disaster.

Tom became Channel Nine's Europe Correspondent at the beginning of 2015, assuming the position in what would prove to be an extremely turbulent time for the region. Many nations there suffered their worst attacks since World War II as terrorism rocked the continent, with atrocities in Paris, Nice, Brussels, London, Munich, Tunisia and Egypt.

He also reported from major events including earthquakes in Italy, the shock of Brexit, and the first discovery of parts of the missing plane MH370 on the remote island of Reunion.

Tom has also had several stints in the network's US Bureau, covering major stories including the shock death of Michael Jackson, as well as being on the campaign trail with Donald Trump as he stormed towards his historic election win in 2016.

In 2017 Tom returned to Sydney to co-host Weekend TODAY, and in 2019 joined the TODAY team.

But perhaps most notable has been his time with 60 Minutes. Tom's first guest appearance for the program was in 2015, having gained unprecedented access to film inside North Korea.

At 60 Minutes, he reported from some of the world's most volatile frontiers, including Afghanistan, Taiwan and Ukraine, and in 2022 received the Kennedy Award for Foreign Correspondent of the Year.

Sport is a huge passion of Tom's, and some of his favourite assignments over the years include reporting from several Olympic Games and FIFA World Cups. He's also completed the New York and Melbourne marathons, but without doubt his favourite sporting memory was being there to witness his beloved Richmond finally breaking its 37-year premiership drought in 2017.

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By Tom Steinfort