Justin Armsden Biography
Justin Armsden is a television news journalist, reporter, and presenter from Australia. He started his career as a cadet newspaper journalist with Brisbane’s Sun newspaper in 1990.
Justin Armsden Age
He was born in 1971 in Australia. Justin is 52 years old as of 2022.
Justin Armsden Family
Armsden was born in Australia and raised in Victoria, the son of Alan Armsden, the Managing Editor of the Herald Sun in Melbourne.
Justin Armsden CNN- Career
Armsden went to Queensland in 1989 and began his career as a cadet newspaper journalist with the Sun newspaper in Brisbane in 1990. Armsden worked as a police and court reporter for The Bulletin magazine on the Gold Coast from 1992 until 1995. During this time, Armsden received two Golden Quill Awards: Best News Story (Print) and Golden Quill Journalist of the Year. Armsden began his career in television news reporting in 1996 when he joined Channel Nine’s Gold Coast News service as a crime correspondent. Armsden relocated to London in 1999 to work for Sky News Online. In the year 2000, he began working for CNN worldwide, where he covered worldwide athletic events and interviewed sports personalities.
For CNN, he covered the 2002 FIFA World Cup (soccer) in Japan. He covered the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Wimbledon Championships, The Ashes cricket series, the UEFA Champions League finals, Tour de France, Six Nations final in Wales (2009), golf’s Open Championship, Dubai World Championship, Dubai Desert Classic, Ryder Cup, and Alfred Dunhill Links Championship from Jamaica. Armsden also presented CNN International’s coverage of Tiger Woods’ return to professional golf in 2010, the Masters at Augusta. Armsden spoke with a number of well-known sporting figures.
Armsden returned to Australia in October 2010 to work as an anchor for Fox Sports News. He left the network after six months to work on Channel Nine’s A Current Affair. In 2012, he made national headlines when he discovered evidence regarding controversial MP Craig Thomson. Despite completing a statutory declaration, Armsden questioned a former prostitute who claimed to be one of Thomson’s clients. She later retracted her account. In 2014, he discovered con artist Peter Foster’s hiding place and reported on his arrest.
Justin Armsden Net Worth
Justin has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars as of 2023.