Aaron Kearney

Who is Aaron Kearney?

Aaron Kearney is a multi-award winning broadcaster, journalist and sports commentator with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the 44th MEAA Prodi Journalist of the Year.

He is a Walkley Award and two-time New York Festival World Radio Award winner, Kennedy Award finalist and is one of the few Australians to win awards for his work for television, radio and newspapers, magazines and online.

Featured in the Australian edition of Who's Who, and described by comedian Mikey Robins as "the greatest broadcaster you've never heard of," he is the host of 1233 ABC Newcastle Breakfast Show, which features the Story Box - a popular blind interview segment.

He is an A-League Soccer/Football Commentator, occasional host of the A-League Lounge podcast, has called the W-League for ABC TV and is a freelance writer.

He has covered some of the world major sports events from the Olympics, to the FIFA and Rugby League World Cups and AFC Champions Leagueand is the creator of a Sports Commentary training course used by broadcasters in Papua New Guinea and the Tiwi Islands.