Mark Austin (born November 1, 1958 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an Emmy-award winning British journalist. He currently co-presents the ITV Evening News and News at Ten. Since joining ITV News in 1986 Mark has specialised in covering foreign events, travelling all round the globe.
Austin was born in Portsmouth, England and educated at Bournemouth School.
Austin started his career in the media as a general reporter on the Bournemouth Evening Echo (1976-1980). He then joined the BBC as a newsroom writer, becoming a general news reporter in 1982. He was made a sports reporter in 1985.
Austin joined ITN, who produce the news for ITV, from the BBC in October 1986 in the role of Sports Correspondent. He was given his first assignment on day one - to cover England's successful Ashes tour of Australia as well as the America's Cup. He stayed in Australia for four months and during this time unexpectedly found himself reporting on the extraordinary "Spycatcher" trial.
Mark Austin (born 24 February, 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. Austin played two senior games for the Glenelg Tigers in the 2006 SANFL season, and was subsequently selected in the 2006 AFL National Draft in the third round (35th pick overall) by Carlton, who also selected school friend and Glenelg team mate Bryce Gibbs in the same draft. He made his debut in the final round of the 2007 season.
