Jason Dasey
Jason Dasey (born 11 April 1962) is an Australian-born TV and radio broadcaster, journalist, emcee and media executive working for ABC News and Nine Radio. He is best known for being the first Australian sports host on CNN International and BBC World News and the original anchor of ESPN's "SportsCenter Asia" and "SportsCenter India" (English edition). Early career. Jason joined The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's oldest newspaper, as a cadet journalist in 1980. An exclusive story in 1983 from inside the New York Yacht Club on the night Australia won sailing's America's Cup  for the first time helped Jason land a job at Australia's Seven Network in Sydney. In 1986, he joined SBS Australia as a producer and reporter, before moving to London the following year where he would work for BBC, Reuters and Sky News. BBC and CNN. Jason's biggest break came at the end of 1994. As a freelance producer and occasional presenter for BBC World Service Television in London, he was promoted to senior sports anchor on the re-branded BBC World News after a fill-in stint as host. It made him the first Australian newsreader on  the global network. After three years in London with the BBC, Jason moved to the U.S. in 1997. After working as a freelance reporter for BBC World Service and Denver local station, KUSA-TV 9-News (NBC), Jason became the first Australian sports anchor on CNN International's World Sport in 1999. Move to Asia. In November 2001, Jason left CNN to become the senior news presenter at Asian network ESPN Star Sports, based in Singapore. Jason was the original anchor when SportsCenter Asia was launched in 2002 and when SportsCenter India was reshaped as an English-language show in  2003. With Jason as co-host, SportsCenter Asia was voted Best Sports Programme at the 2003 Asian Television Awards. Jason also presented major sports events, including Grand Slam tennis, international cricket and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, for ESPN STAR Sports, After helping launch two more editions of SportsCenter at ESPN's U.S. headquarters in 2007 and 2008, Jason joined Asian satellite network ASTRO in 2009 as vice-president, executive producer and presenter, based in Kuala Lumpur. He was the main host for seven major tournaments, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup while  developing new, original programming. In 2014, Jason returned to Singapore to re-join ESPN through The Walt Disney Company as coordinating producer and senior editor, overseeing the launch of the Southeast Asian edition of football website, ESPN FC. He also served as a presenter for ESPN's Indian audience, hosting four editions of the Australian Open, and cricket's IPL. He also emceed five editions of Asian football's AFC Annual Awards, most recently in 2019. Radio Hosting. Having left ESPN in early 2018, Jason became the host of the interview-based Weekend Mornings show for newly launched Singapore radio  station Money FM 89.3, while continuing to travel to India to work as a TV sports host. After returning to Australia in late 2019, Jason provided Australian segments to Money FM, including news reviews and travel vignettes. In April 2021, Jason started his own radio show, on 101FM at Logan, south of Brisbane, including a weekly legends' segment, featuring classic Australian pop artists. Jason also appears as a radio guest on ABC Overnights in addition to a role as a digital journalist with ABC News Australia. In December 2021, Jason began working as a fill-in host on 4BC on  Nine Radio, including the Spencer Howson Weekends show and special coverage of the 2022 Queensland floods. External links. List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists