Michael Rowland (news presenter)

Michael Rowland (born 8 July 1968, Victoria) is an Australian television news presenter and journalist.

Michael Rowland
Rowland in 2014
Born8 July 1968
Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationTelevision presenter, journalist
EmployerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
TelevisionNews Breakfast

Rowland is currently co-host of the ABC's breakfast program News Breakfast alongside Lisa Millar and is the ABC's senior network presenter.[1][2]

Career

Rowland was previously North America correspondent and during his posting covered stories including the election of Barack Obama as US President, the outbreak of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the Virginia Tech massacre and David Hicks release from Guantanamo Bay.

Before going to the United States, he was Lateline's finance correspondent and also covered business and economics for a range of other ABC TV and radio outlets.

In June 2010, Rowland was appointed co-host of News Breakfast replacing Joe O'Brien.

In June 2019, ABC announced that Rowland would take on an expanded role as senior network presenter. In addition to News Breakfast, Rowland will anchor coverage of major local and world events across ABC News programs, including the 7pm News.[3]

In November 2020, Rowland covered the 2020 United States presidential election.

Newsworthiness

Eyes

In November 2020, while in hotel quarantine after returning from covering the 2020 USA presidential election, Roland made one appearance on News Breakfast that elicited a strong response from the audience. Viewers saw that his eyes had markedly different pupil (iris) openings. Roland later explained that this was the result of a traumatic incident when he was 19 years old (1988) when his right eye was struck by a pellet from a slingshot while he was the passenger in a car. His friend who was driving took him to hospital, and he was rushed to the Sydney Eye Hospital. After surgery, in which they eye was saved, he spent several weeks in the Eye Hospital, then further months with the eye covered by a patch. The pupil did not recover, and has been permanently dilated. This is only apparent when compared to his left eye. Separately, he is colour blind.[4]

References
  1. The big business of breakfast
  2. About ABC News 24
  3. "Lisa Millar to join News Breakfast; expanded role for Michael Rowland". About the ABC. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. Michael Rowland on his dilated pupil after ABC News Breakfast viewers express concern, Michael Roland, ABC News Online, 2020-11-27
Media offices
Preceded by
Joe O'Brien		 News Breakfast
Co-host with Lisa Millar
June 2010 – present		 Incumbent
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