ABC hires SMH’s Linton Besser as part of expansion of reporting team
Linton Besser, one of The Sydney Morning Herald’s top investigative journalists, is to join the ABC’s national reporting team.
The appointment, is one of a number of senior appointments to the team announced this afternoon, and also sees the public broadcaster hire Courier Mail investigative reporter Mark Solomons, The Age’s crime editor Daniel Oakes, Seven senior producer Andrea Jonson and TVNZ producer Dale Owens.
The expansion in its reporting team follows a $10m increase in the ABC’s budget in February. This funding boost saw the ABC create the national reporting team which is led by Jo Puccini, a former associate producer with 7.30, Lateline and Four Corners. She is also a former EP of Media Watch.
Other internal appointments, who will be joining the reporting team, include Mark Willacy, Trevor Bormann and Alison McClymont.
