John Campbell Biography
John Campbell is a journalist and radio and television personality from New Zealand. He is presently a TVNZ broadcaster and reporter; previously, he hosted Checkpoint, Radio New Zealand’s drive-time show, from 2016 to 2018.
How old is John Campbell? – Age
He is 59 years old as of 10 February 2023. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand. His real name is John James Campbell.
John Campbell Family – Education
Jim and Wendy Campbell are Campbell’s parents. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Victoria University after graduating from Wellington College.
John Campbell Wife
Campbell is married to Emma Patterson, a documentary editor. The couple has two kids.
John Campbell Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $16.5 million.
John Campbell Live
In March 2005, Campbell and Hirschfeld launched Campbell Live. On May 21, 2015, TV3 stated that Campbell Live will be ending soon, and that Campbell had decided to quit MediaWorks despite being offered the role co-hosting a new current affairs show. Only one year of the offered three-year extension was to have been spent presenting Campbell Live, and the network insisted that the show become more entertainment-focused and less focused on core Campbell Live subjects like Christchurch after the earthquakes, child poverty, Pike River, and so on. The final episode aired on May 29, 2015.
John Campbell 20/20
He joined the current affairs show 20/20 in 1994, and later hosted an interview/current events segment on 3 News (now Newshub). After John Hawkesby departed 3 News in 1998, Campbell was requested to fill in, and he and Carol Hirschfeld were the main 3 News weekday newsreaders until 2005.
John Campbell Breakfast
He joined Breakfast in April 2019, replacing Jack Tame, who went to Q+A. Campbell hosted the 1 News program Anger, Anxiety, and Us in 2021, which probed the growing schism in New Zealand society. In April 2022, he announced his departure from Breakfast to become TVNZ’s chief correspondent.
John Campbell Career
Campbell began broadcasting as a student at Victoria University’s Radio Active, where he delivered amusing “alternative rugby commentaries” during All Black games, which he now regards as “unbelievably rude” and “grossly defamatory.” He then worked as a share trader, contributing to Radio New Zealand’s Midday Report. Radio New Zealand (RNZ) hired him as a business reporter in 1989. He had no journalism training, but the RNZ had a cadetship program that gave him with the necessary experience. He read the three-minute news briefings on the hour for RNZ before joining TV3 as a general reporter in their Wellington bureau in 1991. A year later, he was promoted to their political press gallery.
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In 2002, Campbell was meeting Top state leader Helen Clark about the issue of hereditarily changed corn in New Zealand, named ‘Corngate’. The meeting finished with Clark marking Campbell a “unctuous little wet blanket” because of what she considered the trap style of the meeting. The Telecom Principles Authority (BSA) later decided that the notorious “Corngate” interview was lopsided, unreasonable and needed unbiasedness and objectivity.
Campbell and Ditty Hirschfeld made two series of the meeting program Unpleasant realities, and in 2004 they made a 12-section series visiting New Zealand considered A Sovereign’s Visit, following the course of Sovereign Elizabeth’s visit in 1953-1954. Campbell additionally facilitated the Saturday Morning program on Radio New Zealand for a very long time, from 2000 to 2002.
Campbell showed up in the 6th series of the effective New Zealand television series Ridiculous Fortune and every now and again showed up in the energized series bro’Town.
Campbell took over as host of the Radio New Zealand current undertakings program Designated spot in January 2016. His last debut for Designated spot was communicated on 14 September 2018. He in this way moved to TVNZ, turning into a meandering correspondent across the organization’s news and current undertakings yield, as well as a periodic fill-in moderator on 1 News. Campbell made an appearance in the 2016 New Zealand film Chase after the Wilderpeople.