Chris Reason

Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a journalist, foreign correspondent and news anchor for the Seven Network Australia.

He has been with the network for more than three decades, starting as Crime Reporter at Channel Seven in Brisbane in 1990 and going on to serve as European Correspondent, then London Bureau Chief, and is today the network’s Chief Reporter

He has been won six Walkley Awards, two Logies, numerous Kennedy Awards and the Graham Perkin ‘Australian Journalist of the Year Award’. It was the first of three times he was a finalist as “Australian Journalist of the Year”.

Reason has reported on a range of national and international news events including the September 11 terror attacks, the Boxing Day tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. He covered the deaths of Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II; the elections of Barack Obama and Donald Trump; the coronation of King Charles; and the transitions of four Popes – John Paul II, Benedict, Francis and Leo.

He's previously hosted of all of Seven’s major news programs including Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise, the Morning and Afternoon News and the flagship 6PM bulletin.