Ben Fordham
Ben Fordham is an Australian journalist, sports reporter, radio presenter and regular on Today.
Ben started his career as a work experience kid at 2UE. He worked his way up to a reporter and won a Walkley Award for his coverage of the 1997 Thredbo landslide. He wasn’t even 21.
In 1998 Ben moved to Sky News as a reporter and presenter and less than a year later was poached by the Nine Network to work on 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Nine News and Today.
Ben worked as a fill-in host on radio and eventually took over the drive spot on 2GB where he hosts Sydney Live.
He’s also the host of Australian Ninja Warrior with Rebecca Madden.
In this episode, Ben Fordham talks about how his desire to be a 60 Minutes reporter saw him chasing cannibals in West Papua, why he decided to leave Today despite Karl Stefanovic’s protests and the time he corrected Alan Jones live on air as a 15-year-old work experience kid.
Listen to the full interview with Ben Fordham here…
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