John Riddell (news)

John Riddell (b.1956) is the co-anchor of Seven News in Adelaide. He has been weekday co-anchor with Jane Doyle since 2004, and previously presented the weekend news.

Early career

John began as a journalist with The Messenger news paper in Adelaide while studying at the University of South Australia. He later joined radio 5DN and became a foreign correspondent for the MacQuarie radio network.

Television career

John entered television with TVW-7 in Perth before returning to Adelaide to work at NWS-9 News. There he spent nine years working as a senior journalist, chief of staff, producer, and weekend news reader. He also worked on several sports specials.In 1990 he joined SAS-7 to work with Seven News. He initially worked as weekend news reader, until 1997 alongside Narelle Hill. He was also a senior reporter, reporting for the Seven Network from places such as Singapore, Thailand and London. In the late 1990s, John was the main substitute anchor for the local current affairs program Today Tonight, which he anchored when Leigh McClusky was absent or on vacation.

In 2004, John became co-anchor of the weekday news, after Graeme Goodings moved to weekend to help his recovery from cancer.

He has also been host of local travel show Discover, however after moving to presenting the weekday news, he became a reporter for the program. He has also hosted The World Around Us.

External links

* [http://www.seven.com.au/news/profile_040131_johnriddell Seven News site]
* [http://www.icmi.com.au/Speaker/MCs_Facilitators/John_Riddell ICMI Speakers]