Matt Tinney

Matt Tinney (born 23 May 1984) is an Australian journalist.

He is currently a presenter and reporter at Seven News Perth and Perth correspondent on [[Sunrise (Australian TV program

Career

Tinney began his reporting career at WIN Television's national headquarters in Wollongong in 2005. He joined WIN News after completing a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and Italian) at the University of Melbourne, including an internship with the Victorian Parliament.

While studying, Melbourne-born Tinney worked in community television and radio at Channel 31 and SYN FM. For three years, he presented and reported on news, current affairs, and entertainment programs, and received awards for his coverage.

In December 2005, Tinney joined WIN Television in Wollongong as a political reporter. He also presented news updates and bulletins for WIN News WA, Riverina/MIA (NSW), Central West (NSW) and Illawarra (NSW).

In February 2008, Tinney moved to Western Australia to Perth and joined the Nine News team as a reporter and co-anchor of the weekend news with Sharlyn Sarac.

In 2009, he was awarded the Tourism Award at the Western Australian Journalists Association Awards.[1]

In April 2011, Tinney was appointed WIN News Western Australia weeknight presenter replacing Deborah Kennedy. He left this role during 2012 to present Nine's Afternoon News in Perth. From November 2012 to January 2013 he was the interim presenter of Nine News Perth on weeknights, following Greg Pearce's resignation. After Tim McMillan's appointment, he resumed the Nine Afternoon News, replacing Lee Steele.

In December 2014, Tinney resigned from the Nine Network and later announced that in January 2015 he would join the Seven Network as a Perth correspondent on Sunrise.[2] In May 2015, Sunrise introduced a Perth bulletin, anchored by Tinney, into its program, which airs at 7:00 am in place of one of the national news updates.<ref>"Seven's Sunrise launches a live and local news service dedicated to WA viewers" (PDF). Seven Perth. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.</ref

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References
  1. 2009 Media Awards Winners Archived 6 July 2011 at Archive.today
  2. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/25769453/sunrise-in-the-west-for-tinney/
Media offices
Preceded by
Deborah Kennedy		 WIN News Western Australia
Weeknight presenter
April 2011 – March 2012		 Succeeded by
Axed
Preceded by
Sharlyn Sarac

(co-presenter 2008-2010)

 Nine News Perth
Weekend presenter
February 2008 – April 2011		 Succeeded by
Louise Momber & Ebbeny Faranda
Preceded by
New position		 Sunrise
Perth correspondent
January 2015 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
New position		 Sunrise
Perth newsreader
May 2015 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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