Dateline is a multi-award winning international current affairs program with a brief to provide stories for Australians about life beyond Australia’s shores.

The program is presented by George Negus, one of Australia’s most respected journalists, and is made up of a team of acclaimed producers and video journalists.

Commissioned in 1984, it is Australia’s longest-running international current affairs program.

VIDEO JOURNALISM

Dateline reporters are considered pioneers in video journalism – the art of traveling alone on assignment to film and report stories without the encumbrance of a conventional camera crew. Using small, lightweight cameras and minimal sound and lighting equipment, the program’s reporters are able to gain unique and independent access to people, places and stories.

AWARDS

Dateline’s awards include:

1 Gold Walkley award (the highest award in Australian journalism)
15 Walkley awards
2 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year awards
12 United Nations Media Peace awards
2 George Munster Independent Journalism awards
2 Logie awards
2 Rory Peck awards
First Prize in Johns Hopkin’s University’s School of Advancted International Studies Novartis Award
New York Film Festival – multiple awards

WATCH

Dateline screens on Sundays at 8.30pm on SBS ONE, and is repeated on Mondays and Thursdays at 2.30pm on SBS ONE, and on Mondays at 7.30pm on SBS TWO.

You can watch again on this website, by following the links from the homepage, or clicking on a specific date, topic, country or video journalist. 

You can also subscribe to our podcasts to download specific reports.

CONTACT

Email the show's production team.

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You can also comment on specific reports by clicking on the comments tab.

Or if you'd like to get in touch with George Negus or any of the Dateline reporters, please contact SBS publicist Christine Heard on 02 9430 2828 or christine.heard@sbs.com.au