Scott Bevan (journalist)

Scott Bevan (born 1964 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian journalist.

Bevan grew up near Merewether in Newcastle.

In 1984 Bevan joined The Newcastle Herald as a cadet journalist. He later worked in commercial radio as a news presenter. After a fifteen-month stint in Japan he joined the Nine Network in 1989 as a reporter. He spent time in Perth working for Nine News.

Bevan moved to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2005, working initially as reporter for the 7.30 Report and a presenter on ABC Local Radio. In 2008 he was posted to Moscow as a correspondent for ABC Television.

In 2010, Bevan returned to Australia to become a presenter on ABC News 24.

In 2014, Bevan's biography of Australian artist William Dobell, Bill: The Life of William Dobell, was published.

In January 2016, Bevan resigned from the ABC to start a music career.