the broadcaster launches new investigative and specialist journalism teams. The management of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation announced the termination of the Lateline program, after 28 years on air, on 5 October 2017, though assuring its full resources until the end of the Australian TV season in December of the same year. The Corporation's news and current affairs chief, Gaven Morris, cited the demise of the program as being due to changes in audience preference and digital disruption from the internet. The Australian non-commercial broadcaster has proposed a new approach to in-depth, investigative reporting, also announcing a new program and improved multi-platform support for other, existing programs. Presenters, reporters, and producers The show was hosted by Emma Alberici in its final years. Alberici was appointed as the co host of the program with Tony Jones in 2012. Esteemed reporters on the program included Margot O'Neill, John Stewart, Kerry Brewster, Ginny Stein, Jason Om, Jamie Cummins, David Lipson, Barbara Miller, and Matt Wordsworth. Former presenters included: Kerry O'Brien, Mark Colvin, Maxine McKew, Virginia Trioli, Leigh Sales, Ali Moore, Ticky Fullerton, and Tony Jones. Recipients of Walkley Awards from Lateline include Maxine McKew in 1998 and Tony Jones, who received Walkley awards for broadcast interviewing in 2004, 2007 and 2011. Reporter Suzanne Smith in 2005 won a Logie Award for "Most Outstanding News Coverage" for her story about sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. See also List of longest-running Australian television series List of programs broadcast by ABC Television List of Australian television series References External links Lateline at the National Film and Sound Archive Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming ABC News and Current Affairs 1990 Australian television series debuts 1990s Australian television series 2000s Australian television series 2010s Australian television series 2017 Australian television series endings English-language television shows Television shows set in Sydney