Mark William Austin (born 1 November 1958) is an English journalist and television presenter, currently working for Sky News.
From the start of the war early in 1991, he was in Bahrain, the base for many of the Tornado squadrons, sending back regular reports including those on the recapture of the islands of Qaruh and Um-al-Maradin.
He returned there for his second tour as Asia Correspondent in 1996, spending over two years reporting, including the handover of the island to the Chinese in July 1997.
Austin reported on the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa, Nelson Mandela's election victory, and on the civil war in Rwanda.
He also briefly returned to sport as part of ITV's presentation team in South Africa for the 1995 Rugby World Cup coverage.
His reporting won him a joint gold medal, with fellow-correspondent Paul Davies, at the 1996 Film & Television Festival of New York.
Austin's reporting of the war was part of ITV News' coverage which received a Gold Nymph at the 1999 Monte Carlo Television Festival.
Trevor McDonald would return as host with Sky News presenter Julie Etchingham co-anchoring the bulletin every night.
In 2016, Austin guest presented numerous episodes of Good Morning Britain alongside Ranvir Singh and Charlotte Hawkins.
[9][10] In August 2017, Austin co-presented a one-off documentary for Channel 4 called Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia with his daughter Madeleine.
In February 2022, Austin presented Sky News live from Kyiv during the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Austin lives in Haslemere, Surrey with his wife Catherine, an A&E doctor, and their three children Jack, Madeleine, and Beatrice.