ABC News host Mary Gearin quits public broadcaster

ABC host Mary Gearin has announced she will be stepping down from her role with the national broadcaster.

Gearin made the shock announcement on Wednesday saying she would host ABC News bulletin for the last time on Saturday.

ABC host Mary Gearin has announced she will be stepping down from her role with the national broadcaster

‘Some personal news: This Saturday night’s ABC News bulletin will be my last. After 30 years on and off at the ABC, I’m calling time,’ she wrote.

‘Like many people, I’ve been looking at life in a new way since the pandemic. 

‘I want to take time to discover myself away from Aunty’s warm embrace for a while, before I work out what’s next for me in journalism and beyond.’

Gearin said she loved working at the ABC, especially for the ‘profound connection’ she made with the network’s audience. 

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Gearin said she loved working at the ABC, especially for the ‘profound connection’ she made with the network’s audience.

‘I have loved every challenging, crazy, privileged moment of working for the ABC,’ Gearin wrote. 

‘I specifically want to thank the audience – I’ve developed a profound sense of connection with you and for that I’m very grateful. 

‘I’m honoured to have met people from so many walks of life, across the world, and told their stories.’  

Gearin joined the network in 1991 as a journalism cadet and became the ABC’s first female TV news sports presenter. 

During her 34-year tenure, she served as the ABC’s national sport correspondent, Europe correspondent, hosted Drive on ABC Radio Melbourne, co-hosted News Breakfast and spent 10 years working as a long-form specialist for the 7.30 program.

For the past five years, Gearin worked as a News presenter and senior journalist based in Melbourne.  

The senior reporter said she was leaving the ABC  to explore ‘other adventures’.

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