Dylan Howard
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Dylan Howard is a leading journalist and media executive who has appeared on Entertainment Tonight
, The Insider
, CNN
, Fox News, HLN, CBS News, ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, MSNBC, Inside Edition, the BBC
and Britain's Sky News. He is a regular guest on HLN's prime-time program Issues With Jane Valez Mitchell.
As RadarOnline.com Senior Executive Editor, Dylan Howard reports breaking news, conducts celebrity interviews, delivers investigative reports and appears on a wide range of television and radio programs, as a news expert.
He is widely recognized as a dogged journalist who has broken countless stories across multiple topics.
He moved to the United States in January 2009 after an award winning stint as a television journalist for the Seven Network, based in Melbourne, Australia. Since, he has traded his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Dylan's 2007 report on the impending sacking of an Australian football coach was highly commended for a prestigious Quill Award - for excellence in Victorian journalism, in the Best TV News Report category.
Before he entered Hollywood ranks, Dylan also worked for Reuters Television in New York, The Geelong Advertiser and Southern Cross Television in Tasmania; the latter both Australian media outlets.
He began his career at The Geelong Advertiser
, the six day a week paper for the city of Geelong. He wrote an opinion page for the Saturday edition, Sport Section, titled "Howard's Way" until his relocation to the United States.
While at Southern Cross, Dylan obtained exclusive interviews with former Governor Richard Butler and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his partner Mary Donaldson.
Dylan has also been published in the News of the World, Hello, Woman's Day, New Idea, Grazia, OK! Magazine, Men's Style, Alpha, RALPH Magazine, Loaded, M Magazine Dubai, In Touch and The Sunday Mail's Celebs On Sunday.
, but during the summer months he would present the sports report on the 6 o'clock Channel 7 Melbourne
news. Howard didn't have his contract renewed by Channel 7 in January 2009.
During his tenure, RadarOnline.com attained a new level of visibility in the world's media, after Dylan broke one of the biggest celebrity stories in recent time: the phenomenon of Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson blasting former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, in a series of racist and hate fuelled audiotapes. "RadarOnline's daily doses of the explosive Mel Gibson audio... has turned the site into a media powerhouse," wrote The Daily Beast.
So much so, the Washington Post profiled RadarOnline.com's rise as a major media player, while the Los Angeles Times noted; "Some of the world's biggest stories have raised the site's profile like the Gibson saga, which effectively cemented Radar's credibility in the world of celebrity." The New York Times added: "There's a lot to learn from RadarOnline's way of delivering and distributing stories."
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Insider
The Insider
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, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, Fox News, HLN, CBS News, ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, MSNBC, Inside Edition, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Britain's Sky News. He is a regular guest on HLN's prime-time program Issues With Jane Valez Mitchell.
As RadarOnline.com Senior Executive Editor, Dylan Howard reports breaking news, conducts celebrity interviews, delivers investigative reports and appears on a wide range of television and radio programs, as a news expert.
He is widely recognized as a dogged journalist who has broken countless stories across multiple topics.
Early career
Dylan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Deakin University in Australia.He moved to the United States in January 2009 after an award winning stint as a television journalist for the Seven Network, based in Melbourne, Australia. Since, he has traded his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Dylan's 2007 report on the impending sacking of an Australian football coach was highly commended for a prestigious Quill Award - for excellence in Victorian journalism, in the Best TV News Report category.
Before he entered Hollywood ranks, Dylan also worked for Reuters Television in New York, The Geelong Advertiser and Southern Cross Television in Tasmania; the latter both Australian media outlets.
He began his career at The Geelong Advertiser
Geelong Advertiser
The Geelong Advertiser is a daily newspaper servicing Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula and surrounding areas. The Geelong Advertiser is the oldest newspaper title in Victoria and the second oldest in Australia, and was first published on 21 November 1840. The newspaper is...
, the six day a week paper for the city of Geelong. He wrote an opinion page for the Saturday edition, Sport Section, titled "Howard's Way" until his relocation to the United States.
While at Southern Cross, Dylan obtained exclusive interviews with former Governor Richard Butler and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his partner Mary Donaldson.
Dylan has also been published in the News of the World, Hello, Woman's Day, New Idea, Grazia, OK! Magazine, Men's Style, Alpha, RALPH Magazine, Loaded, M Magazine Dubai, In Touch and The Sunday Mail's Celebs On Sunday.
Channel 7
Dylan joined Channel 7 in 2005 as a Sports Reporter. His primary reporting focus was AFLAustralian 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...
, but during the summer months he would present the sports report on the 6 o'clock Channel 7 Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
news. Howard didn't have his contract renewed by Channel 7 in January 2009.
Controversy
Dylan has been involved in a number of controversies in his career at Channel 7:- Dylan was on assignment in Ireland when it emerged star footballer Brendan FevolaBrendan FevolaBrendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....
had been in a fight with that pub's bartender, whilst he was a member of the All Australian team visiting Ireland for the International Rules SeriesInternational Rules SeriesThe International Rules Series is a senior men's International rules football competition between the Australia international rules football team and the Ireland international rules football team...
Seven News purchased the video tape from a pub in Galway, Ireland.
Drugs in Sport
- Michael Braun. Jason AkermanisJason AkermanisJason Dean Akermanis is an Australian rules football player. He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs...
wrote an article for Melbourne's NewsCorp paper the Herald SunHerald SunThe Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
, stating that he 'felt' that a player that was his direct opponent in a game earlier in one season, seemed able to run faster and had better recovery against him in another game later in that season. The implication was that Akermanis felt that this player was using a form of EPOErythropoietinErythropoietin, or its alternatives erythropoetin or erthropoyetin or EPO, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production...
Performance Enhancing DrugDoping (sport)The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...
's. Jason didn't name the player in his article. Dylan's role in this issue became evident just days after this article was published. Dylan, who to date has yet to name his source, revealed that the player who Jason was referring to was Michael Braun a player for the West Coast EaglesWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
.
- Medical records. The medical records of players from an AFL club were claimed to been found in the gutter outside a clinic by a woman. After allegedly attempting to return the documents to the clinic and finding that the gates were locked tried to ring all the media outlets in Melbourne to offer the documents, as a "public service". Her asking price was A$3,000. Channel 7 decided to purchase the documents. At or around 4:15 Friday 24 August 2007, Channel 7 started promoting on-air that it had a "huge story" related to AFL and drugs and would reveal this in their nightly news at 6pm AEST. Howard then went to air and named the club that these two players played for. A court injunction was sought to suppress the name and club mentioned in the records and was granted by Justice Kim Hargrave of the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of VictoriaThe Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
. Later on the 24th August, during half time on Channel 7's Friday Night Football, Howard participated in an on-air interview, conducted by Tim WatsonTim WatsonTimothy Michael "Tim" Watson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, sports journalist and media personality.He is notable for his long career at the Essendon Football Club as a player where he participated in several premiership teams...
where he claimed that after contacting the AFL, they had given Howard "approval" to go to air with the story. This interview went live, via Fox SportsFox Sports (Australia)Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...
, to NSWNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and on the CCTVClosed-circuit televisionClosed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
at the stadium, Telstra DomeTelstra DomeDocklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
, but was not in the program that aired on the Seven Network during the delayed coverage into Victoria, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
or Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, after Howard admitted he inadvertently misspoke. Howard, on Tuesday 28 August 2007, went on 3AW3AW3AW is a talkback radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station.-History:...
during the Sport's TodaySports TodaySports Today is a long-running radio show on Melbourne, Australia radio station 3AW.It currently airs on Monday to Thursday between 6 pm – 8 pm and is hosted by Gerard Healy and Dwayne Russell....
program and explained to Caroline WilsonCaroline WilsonCaroline Wilson is an Australian sports journalist, who currently appears on 3AW's pre-match AFL discussion, as a panelist on Nine Network's Footy Classified, and an occasional panelist on the ABC program Offsiders....
that his comments on Friday night had been misinterpreted and that he had "apologised to those who misunderstood that at the time". The AFL CEO, Andrew DemetriouAndrew DemetriouAndrew Demetriou is the chief executive officer of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer. He is the youngest son of Greek-Cypriot immigrants and, before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry...
, then responded to Howard's interview on 3AW, saying that "... It's mischievous, he has re... , and we have asked him to apologise, given that it went to air in two states, and all Dylan Howard had to do was apologise. We will not be misrepresented, to people, about the AFL supporting a story that we've already said publicly we find obscene, abhorrent, the route of gutter journalism ...".
RadarOnline.com
Dylan left Reuters in May 2010 after being approached to head RadarOnline.com. As its Senior Executive Editor, he leads the site's team of staff in their Los Angeles newsroom.During his tenure, RadarOnline.com attained a new level of visibility in the world's media, after Dylan broke one of the biggest celebrity stories in recent time: the phenomenon of Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson blasting former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, in a series of racist and hate fuelled audiotapes. "RadarOnline's daily doses of the explosive Mel Gibson audio... has turned the site into a media powerhouse," wrote The Daily Beast.
So much so, the Washington Post profiled RadarOnline.com's rise as a major media player, while the Los Angeles Times noted; "Some of the world's biggest stories have raised the site's profile like the Gibson saga, which effectively cemented Radar's credibility in the world of celebrity." The New York Times added: "There's a lot to learn from RadarOnline's way of delivering and distributing stories."