Top 7 News Spotlight reporter Denham Hitchcock has resigned from the Seven Network to embark on a sailing trip with his young family.
The journalist, 44, confirmed his big news via a lengthy Instagram post on Friday, telling fans that he plans to work as a freelance journalist while traveling at sea.
‘New Year. New beginning. I resigned from Channel Seven,’ she began.
Top 7News Spotlight reporter Denham Hitchcock, 44, (pictured) has resigned from the Seven Network to embark on a sailing trip with his young family.
“This is where people usually say they need to spend more time with their family, and that’s certainly true, my daughters are everything to me, but there are other reasons,” Hitchcock, who shares two-year-old daughter Kaia with her brazilian daughter. wife Mari Borge.
Hitchcock then reflected on his illustrious career as a broadcaster and the life lessons he learned along the way.
‘In my 28 years as a television journalist I have worked in 7 different newsrooms in three countries. Predominantly making stories about terrible things happening to good people, and every single one of those stories left an impact,’ he explained.
The journalist confirmed his big news via a lengthy Instagram post on Friday, telling fans that he plans to work as a freelance journalist while traveling at sea. In the photo with his wife Mari Borge
“There is only one lesson from them, time waits for no one and dreams should not be left on the pillow.”
Hitchcock, who is currently living on a boat after selling all his possessions three years ago, said he reads to follow his heart and live off the grid.
“The ocean is calling once again and this salty marine life needs further exploration, in the Pacific islands and potentially beyond,” he stated.
“This is where people usually say they need to spend more time with their family, and that’s certainly true, my daughters are everything to me, but there are other reasons,” Hitchcock, who shares two-year-old daughter Kaia (left ) with his Brazilian wife Mari Borge (center)
He went on to praise his colleagues at Seven’s Spotlight documentary unit and vowed to honor the network’s commitment to ‘fearless reporting’ as he embarks on an independent career.
‘I wish my colleagues at Spotlight and the network all the best and thank them for their unwavering support for nearly a decade. Fearless reporting remains essential,” he wrote, adding: “I will become a freelancer, but most of all I will prepare our floating home to cross oceans: the last great desert.”
He concluded with a heartfelt message to the “hundreds of people” he interviewed for Spotlight, praising them for “trusting him with their life story, often at the worst possible time.”
Hitchcock, who is currently living on a boat after selling all his possessions three years ago, said he reads to follow his heart and live off the grid. In the photo of him on his boat with his wife Mari
He concluded with a heartfelt message to the “hundreds of people” he interviewed for Spotlight, praising them for “trusting him with their life story, often at the worst possible time.”
Hitchcock, a former journalist for Nine, joined the Seven Network in 2014 to work on its current affairs show Sunday Night.
“My intention is always to not just report what happened, but to make a difference, and that won’t change.”
Hitchcock, a former journalist for Nine, joined the Seven Network in 2014 to work on its current affairs show Sunday Night.
When the show was finally axed in 2020, Hitchcock retrained to work on hour-long documentaries for Seven.
Around this time, he and his wife decided to sell their possessions and live on a boat that they had been renovating for the past two years.
In July 2021 it was announced that Hitchcock had joined Seven’s newly formed Spotlight documentary unit.
When the show was finally axed in 2020, Hitchcock retrained to work on hour-long documentaries for Seven. Around this time, he and his wife decided to sell their possessions and live on a boat that they had been renovating for the past two years.