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#364: How to become a researcher for Channel Seven with Andrew Hawkins
Meet Andrew Hawkins, Senior Researcher for the Seven Network's coverage of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, and newest member of the SportsGrad "Circle of Grad" club - from follower to member and now podcast guest.
Andrew's love of sport was sealed at nearly 10, watching the Sydney 2000 Olympics from ten minutes down the road.
At 19, he mailed a handwritten letter to his broadcasting hero, Bruce McAvaney, asking how to break into the industry, and Bruce wrote back. Years later, the two would finally get on a call, and today they work side by side on Seven's Commonwealth Games broadcast…
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