Christian Jantzen
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Christian Jantzen is a Sydney-based sports reporter for Fox Sports News
.
He joined Fox Sports News in 2007.
Jantzen is an award-winning journalist and one award he received included "Best Sports Story" (Television) at the Queensland Media Awards
in 2004 following his story on a 16 year old Australian rules football
er who came back to play after being struck down with cancer and his brother donating some bone marrow
for a life-saving transplant.
He is a graduate of the Max Rowley
Media School and his final two years of high school were spent learning the trade of a sports journalist/reporter in the Sydney newsroom at Channel 9
before producing and hosting programs on Sydney radio station 2UE
.
His in-depth knowledge of sport is his best attribute as a reporter and his specialist sports are AFL, rugby league
and cricket
.
After gaining experience at channels 7,9 and the ABC in Sydney, he spent a year working with Channel 7
in Cairns before moving to Melbourne with his young family.
Despite the fact that he has been able to report on just about every big sporting event, Jantzen lists his greatest event to cover was the Sydney 2000 Olympics where he was a reporter/producer for Channel 7, but he think's it doesn't get any better than a State of Origin
rugby league match.
He lists his favourite sport as rugby league with a disturbing passion for Benji Marshall and the Wests Tigers.
Christian also has a keen interest in tennis, golf, AFL and cricket.
Fox Sports News
Fox Sports News is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel. Owned by Premier Media Group and is the sister channel of Fox Sports.Fox Sports News launched on October 1, 2006. The channel runs live for 19 hours a day, broadcasting sports news...
.
He joined Fox Sports News in 2007.
Jantzen is an award-winning journalist and one award he received included "Best Sports Story" (Television) at the Queensland Media Awards
Queensland Media Awards
The Queensland Media Awards, a union-based award for journalists in the state of Queensland, Australia, started in 1995 and in May 2010 were re-branded as the Clarion Awards....
in 2004 following his story on a 16 year old Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who came back to play after being struck down with cancer and his brother donating some bone marrow
Bone marrow
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in adults weighing 65 kg , bone marrow accounts for approximately 2.6 kg...
for a life-saving transplant.
He is a graduate of the Max Rowley
Max Rowley
Max Rowley is a successful Australian media personality and radio broadcaster. He is currently the principal of his own radio and media training academy, The Max Rowley Media and Drama Academy.-Early career:...
Media School and his final two years of high school were spent learning the trade of a sports journalist/reporter in the Sydney newsroom at Channel 9
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
before producing and hosting programs on Sydney radio station 2UE
2UE
2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz AM before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new...
.
His in-depth knowledge of sport is his best attribute as a reporter and his specialist sports are AFL, rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
.
After gaining experience at channels 7,9 and the ABC in Sydney, he spent a year working with Channel 7
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
in Cairns before moving to Melbourne with his young family.
Despite the fact that he has been able to report on just about every big sporting event, Jantzen lists his greatest event to cover was the Sydney 2000 Olympics where he was a reporter/producer for Channel 7, but he think's it doesn't get any better than a State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
rugby league match.
He lists his favourite sport as rugby league with a disturbing passion for Benji Marshall and the Wests Tigers.
Christian also has a keen interest in tennis, golf, AFL and cricket.