Cameron Price

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.

In 2011 Price was nominated for the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year award.{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}} Price began legal action against Nine, however the two parties settled out of court.{{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}} Price had been due to move to Sydney to take up a position with the Nine Network in the week he was sacked.{{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}}

Price then joined Sky News in 2011 as a producer, before accepting a role as on-air Sydney reporter.{{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}} Price left Sky News in April 2016{{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}} and the following month joined Seven News as a reporter.{{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/}} He also occasionally filed reports for Sunrise.{{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}} Price left Seven in June 2021, and co-founded LeadStory in the same month. LeadStory launched in September 2021.{{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}}

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