{{short description|Australian journalist (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person |name = Cameron Price |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|9|24}}<ref name="birthday">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BKuagzaDc4o/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/campricenews/1346129942060846632 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Cheers for the birthday love, you think at this age I'd know to stay outta floodwaters #twinCams #nswfloods pic: @cam_harvey|work=Instagram|publisher=campricenews|accessdate=16 September 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |other_names = |education = University of Queensland |occupation = Reporter |years_active = 2008–present |employer = ''Nine News Queensland'' {{small|(2008–2011)}}<br/>''Sky News Australia'' {{small|(2011–2016)}}<br/>''Seven News Sydney'' {{small|(2016–2021)}}<br/>''Sunrise'' {{small|(occasional appearances, 2017–2021)<br/>LeadStory {{small|(2021–present)}}}} |known_for = Journalism |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = |awards = |website = [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cam-price-6a162b53?ppe=1 Cameron Price profile] }} '''Cameron Price''' (born 24 September 1985)<ref name="birthday"/><ref name="nine-choppergate">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/sacked-channel-9-choppergate-reporter-melissa-mallet-denies-any-wrongdoing/story-e6frfmyi-1226123689719|title=Sacked Channel 9 'Choppergate' reporter Melissa Mallet denies any wrongdoing|publisher=news.com.au|date=28 August 2011|accessdate=30 November 2016|archive-date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610063822/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/sacked-channel-9-choppergate-reporter-melissa-mallet-denies-any-wrongdoing/story-e6frfmyi-1226123689719|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an Australian journalist who is the co-founder and CEO of LeadStory.
He was formerly a Sydney reporter for ''Sky News Australia'',<ref name="SNA">{{cite web|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/connect/sky-news-team/cameron-price.html|title=Connect - Sky News Team|accessdate=23 March 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323060541/http://www.skynews.com.au/connect/sky-news-team/cameron-price.html|archivedate=23 March 2016}}</ref> a Brisbane reporter for ''Nine News'',<ref name="nine-choppergate"/> a Sydney reporter for ''Seven News''<ref name=":0" />'','' and an occasional reporter for ''Sunrise''.<ref name=":1" />
== Career == Price obtained a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Queensland and early in his career worked as a reporter for WIN Television in Toowoomba as well as ''Nine News'' in Brisbane.<ref name="SNA"/>
In 2011 Price was nominated for the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/06/sbs-reporter-yaara-bou-melhem-named-young-journalist-of-the-year.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630060414/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/06/sbs-reporter-yaara-bou-melhem-named-young-journalist-of-the-year.html|url-status=live|archive-date=30 June 2011|title=SBS reporter Yaara Bou Melhem named Young Journalist of the Year|date=22 June 2011|accessdate=23 March 2016|author=David Knox|work=TV Tonight}}</ref>
His career at ''Nine News Queensland'' came to a controversial end, when he was sacked along with two others for his involvement in the faking of a live news cross during a news bulletin. The event which became known as "choppergate" saw news presenter Eva Milic cross to Price who was in a helicopter reported to be "near Beerwah", however it later emerged the helicopter was on a Nine Network helipad in Mt Coot-Tha 90 kilometres away.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbrella.com.au/did-nine-news-fake-live-cross-from-chopper-55249|title=Choppergate: Nine News admits faking live cross from helicopter|date=22 August 2011|accessdate=23 March 2016|archivedate=23 March 2016|url-status=live|work=Mumbrella|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323061205/http://mumbrella.com.au/did-nine-news-fake-live-cross-from-chopper-55249}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/s3302677.htm|title=Nine sacks staff over 'Choppergate' scandal|work=ABC World Today|date=26 August 2011|accessdate=23 March 2016|archivedate=23 March 2016|author=Matt Wordsworth|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323061745/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/s3302677.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Price began legal action against Nine, however the two parties settled out of court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/choppergate-reporter-drops-case-against-nine.html|title='Choppergate' reporter drops case against Nine |date=23 October 2011|accessdate=23 March 2016|author=David Knox|work=TV Tonight|archivedate=23 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323061925/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/choppergate-reporter-drops-case-against-nine.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Price had been due to move to Sydney to take up a position with the Nine Network in the week he was sacked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/archive/entertainment/choppergate-scandal-began-with-quiet-backyard-barbecue/story-e6freqj6-1226123188695|title=Choppergate scandal began with quiet backyard barbecue|publisher=The Courier Mail|first1=Sam|last1=Strutt|first2=Geoff|last2=Shearer|date=27 August 2011|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>
Price then joined Sky News in 2011 as a producer, before accepting a role as on-air Sydney reporter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/same-old-story-for-choppergate-hoax-reporter/story-e6frfmyi-1226411628321|title= Same old story for Choppergate hoax reporter |work=news.com.au|date=29 June 2012|accessdate=23 March 2016|url-status=live|archivedate=23 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323062122/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/same-old-story-for-choppergate-hoax-reporter/story-e6frfmyi-1226411628321}}</ref> Price left Sky News in April 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BDxNIwqrX_O/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/campricenews/1220814750610194382 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=campricenews on Instagram|work=Instagram|accessdate=30 April 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and the following month joined ''Seven News'' as a reporter.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/31494688/university-of-wollongong-to-build-liverpool-campus/|title=University of Wollongong to build Liverpool campus|date=2 May 2016|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=Seven News|archivedate=16 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516105000/https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/31494688/university-of-wollongong-to-build-liverpool-campus/}}</ref> He also occasionally filed reports for ''Sunrise''.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/35316456/erin-molan-denies-affair-with-anthony-bell/#page1|title=Erin Molan denies affair with Anthony Bell|publisher=Sunrise|date=5 May 2017|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref> Price left Seven in June 2021, and co-founded LeadStory in the same month. LeadStory launched in September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mediaweek |date=2021-09-09 |title=LeadStory launches with local partnerships with ABC News and Ticker News |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/leadstory-launches-with-local-partnerships-with-abc-news-and-ticker-news/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Mediaweek |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUtxDNG68eAmZDt7myZP7w Cameron Price on Youtube]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Cameron}} Category:1985 births Category:Australian television journalists Category:Living people Category:Sky News Australia reporters and presenters Category:University of Queensland alumni