Jason Dasey
| Jason Dasey | |
|---|---|
 Jason Dasey 2016.jpg Dasey in 2016 | |
| Born | 11 April 1962 Sydney |
| 💼 Occupation | Television presenter, executive producer, journalist |
| 👔 Employer | ABC News (Australia) |
| 🌐 Website | abc.net.au/jason-dasey |
Jason Dasey is an Australian TV and radio broadcaster, journalist, emcee and media executive. He works for Australian and international companies, including ABC News, Nine Radio, APAC Network and Singapore’s Money FM. He is best known for being the first Australian sports host on CNN International and BBC World News and the original anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter Asia and SportsCenter India (English edition).[1][2]
Early career
He joined The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's oldest newspaper, as a cadet journalist in 1980. An exclusive story in 1983 from inside the New York Yacht Club on the night Australia won sailing's America's Cup for the first time helped Jason secure a job at Australia's Seven Network in Sydney. In 1986, he joined SBS as a producer and reporter, before moving to London the following year where he would work for BBC, Reuters and Sky News.
BBC and CNN
Jason's biggest break came at the end of 1994. As a freelance producer and occasional presenter for BBC World Service Television in London, he was promoted to senior sports anchor on the re-branded BBC World News after a fill-in stint as host. It made him the first Australian newsreader on the global network. After three years in London with the BBC, Jason moved to the U.S. in 1997. After working as a contract reporter for BBC World Service and Denver local station, KUSA-TV 9-News (NBC), Jason became the first Australian sports anchor on CNN International in 1999.
Move to Asia
In November 2001, Jason left CNN to become the senior news presenter at Asian network ESPN Star Sports, based in Singapore. Jason was the original anchor when SportsCenter Asia was launched in 2002 and when SportsCenter India was reshaped as an English-language show in 2003. After helping launch two more editions of SportsCenter at ESPN's U.S. headquarters in 2007 and 2008, Jason joined Asian satellite network ASTRO in 2009 as vice-president, executive producer and presenter of English Premier League, based in Kuala Lumpur. He was the main host for seven major tournaments, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup while developing original programming. In 2014, Jason returned to Singapore to re-join ESPN through The Walt Disney Company as coordinating producer and senior editor, overseeing the launch of the Southeast Asian edition of the football website, ESPN FC. He served as a host for ESPN's Indian audience, hosting four editions of the Australian Open, cricket's IPL and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He also emceed five editions of Asian football's AFC Annual Awards, most recently in December 2019.
Radio hosting
After leaving ESPN, Dasey became the presenter of the interview-based Weekend Mornings show for newly launched Singapore radio station Money FM 89.3 between 2018 and 2020, while continuing to travel to India to work as a TV sports host. After moving back to Australia, he began working as a casual host for 4BC on Nine Radio in 2021, filling in for Spencer Howson on Weekends before hosting 4BC Summer Drive in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Jason has also appeared as a presenter and pundit on ABC Local Radio, including hosting the ABC New England North West breakfast show in April 2023. He is also part of the TV presentation team for the APAC network, launched in 2022, with a weekly TV show on Special Broadcasting Service.[citation needed]
In June 2022, Dasey was named as one of 121 prominent Australians sanctioned by Russia due to his reporting for ABC News (Australia) on the invasion of Ukraine.[3]
Broadcast roles
- Money FM 89.3 (Host/Correspondent, 2018 – 2023)[4]
- 4BC (Fill-in host, 2021 - Present)
- ABC News (Australia) (Journalist/Broadcaster, 2020 - Present)
References
- ↑ "dasey – ESPN Search". ESPN.
- ↑ "Jason Dasey – ABC News". abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ Joanna Panagopoulous (June 17, 2022). "Putin blacklists Aussies for "Russophobic agenda"". The Australian. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ↑ podcasters, Omny Studio is the complete audio management solution for; Stations, Radio. "ST Life Picks January 15 - MONEY FM 89.3 - Omny.fm". omny.fm.
External links
- Dasey hosting on 4BC Drive in 2022 [1]
- Dasey hosting on APAC Network/SBS TV in 2023 [2]
- Dasey hosting football's 2019 AFC Annual Awards in Hong Kong [3]
- Dasey hosting on ESPN India in 2018 [4]
- Dasey hosting 2014 FIFA World Cup on Astro [5]
- Dasey hosting Golfing Greats on Astro's Golf Channel in 2012 [6]
- Dasey on BBC World News in 1995 [7]
- Dasey remembers covering 1983 America's Cup on ABC in 2021 [8]
- Dasey on BBC in 1997 [9]
- Dasey as an ESPN STAR presenter in 2005 [10]
- Dasey as Astro Executive Producer interview in 2013 [11]
- Dasey's Fairfax Media archive [12]
- Dasey ESPN Cricinfo archive [13]
- CNN Profile [14]
- List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists
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