Jeff McMullen

Biography

TOPICS: MC, CURRENT AFFAIRS, MEDIA

Jeff McMullen, former ABC foreign correspondent and the longest serving reporter on Australia’s ’60 Minutes’, has been at the forefront of television journalism for more than 30 years. His media career has seen him traverse the globe in the pursuit of great stories. From war zones to the wilderness of Antarctica and the Amazon, from natural disasters to scientific wonders and medical miracles, sporting triumphs to murder most foul, Jeff McMullen has delivered some of the most outstanding television the world has seen.

In his new book, A Life of Extremes, Jeff McMullen examines a life lived amid some of the most significant turning points of world history. His journey to the ends of the earth has given him rare insight into our world and introduced him to the ideas of many of the most amazing and adventurous people, from the explorers who climb inside active volcanoes to the scientists studying the Big Bang, from 11-year-old Sandinista revolutionaries to the 5300-year-old Iceman, from Sting to the Dalai Lama. After getting to know some of the world’s most powerful leaders, men of war and living saints, heroes and villains of the late 20th century, Jeff now reflects on what he has gleaned from an astonishing life journey and a fascinating and brilliant career.

Based in NSW – travels everywhere