Jeffrey William Newman OAM (born 4 February 1944)[1] is a former Australian television presenter.
Newman began his media career with 6GE in Geraldton, Western Australia in early 1963, filling a vacancy left by the departure of Tony Barber.
[2] After a disagreement with management, he crossed over to the rival TVW-7 in 1967 and worked in various positions within the industry, before joining Seven News in 1982 as a newsreader.
[2][3] Newman was also known for his role as Western Australian presenter of It's Academic, a popular school quiz program that ran for ten years from 1969 to 1979 and later revived from 2001 and 2005.
[5] Newman won five Logie Awards for the state's most popular male television personality.