Mal Walden

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Mal Walden is an Australian journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne. He currently presents the 5pm newscast on ATV-10 alongside Helen Kapalos.

After joining radio station 3DB, he moved to television to sister station HSV-7 in the early 1970s as a reporter. One of his first assignements at HSV-7 was to go to Darwin to report on the devastation of Cyclone Tracy that ripped through the tropical city on Christmas Day 1974.

In 1979, he took over the role of newsreader at HSV-7, replacing Brian Naylor who had moved to rival GTV-9.

In 1987, Walden was sacked by new management after HSV-7 was taken over by the Fairfax group, and was told of his dismissal just minutes before going on air to present what became his final news bulletin.

Later in 1987, Walden joined the Eyewitness News team at ATV-10 as a reporter and presenter of the segment Mal's Melbourne, presenting human interest stories. Walden continued as relieving newsreader, reporter and weekend newsreader at ATV-10, as well as presenting special events such as Young Australian Of The Year and ATV-10's 30th Anniversary.

In 1996, he took on the role of chief newsreader after David Johnston announced his move to HSV-7. He was appointed newsreader of the station's 5pm newscast alongside co-anchor Jennifer Hansen. He celebrated 30 years in television news on 8 June 2001. In 2004, he published a detailed history of ATV-10 to commemorate the stations upcoming 40th anniversary. He now co-anchors the news alongside Helen Kapalos.

Mal is a keen gardener and he enjoys golf.

Preceded by
Brian Naylor		 Seven National News Melbourne Anchor
1979-1987		 Succeeded by
Greg Pearce
Preceded by
David Johnston		 Ten News Co-anchor in Melbourne
1996-		 Succeeded by
incumbent


Current Ten News Anchors Across Australia
National: Sully - Belling - Woods - Robinson - McEwan - Canning

Local: McDonald - Theile - Wilson - Knight - Walden - Kapalos - Donikian - Morse - Webster - Dragun

Substitutes: Hocking - Coletta - Davies - Lewis -Futcher - Henne - Sellen

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