article_snippet: Peter's post about undergoing spinal surgery prompted an outpouring of support for the newsreader, who joined Channel Nine in 1991 as a sports reporter for Nine News.
article_snippet: Celebrity chef and MasterChef star Plate star Matt Moran was thinking of Peter as well .
article_snippet: Peter has been an enduring face on Australian television screens for almost 25 years.
article_snippet: After beginning as a sports reporter, Peter eventually became a contributor for 60 Minutes and now anchors Nine's nightly news bulletin.
article_snippet: Some of Peter more memorable and award-winning TV moments include Peter coverage of the Thredbo landslide disaster in 1997, co-anchored by Tracy Grimshaw, and the Queensland floods stories which saw Peter win a joint Logie in 2012.
article_snippet: Peter was awarded another Logie - shared with the Nine News team- in 2014 in honour of the network's coverage of the Blue Mountains bushfires.
article_snippet: Peter Overton has had a coveted news career, winning several Logies, most recently in 2014 as part of Nine's bushfire coverage .