Mark Whittaker


Mark Cornelius Whittaker is an Australian journalist and non-fiction writer. Since 2007, he and his family have lived on a Murray Grey cattle and Wiltshire Horn sheep property near Berry, New South Wales.

Early life

Whittaker was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of journalist Bill Whittaker, and attended Newington College.

Career

In 1985 Whittaker commenced as a copy boy with News Limited and became a staff writer on The Weekend Australian Magazine in 1993. Seven years later he left the Magazine to travel around Australia and write. He later rejoined The Weekend Australian Magazine as a part-time staff writer.
In 2016, SBS Australia ran a 5-part podcast series called Out of Sight: The Untold Story of Adelaide’s Gay Hate Murders which was written and narrated by Whittaker. The series highlighted gay-hate crimes, including the murder of George Duncan, The Family Murders, and the deaths of David "John" Saint, Robert Woodland, and Andrew Negre. The series also connected to SBS's Deep Water and its related documentary about other unsolved gay hate crimes in Sydney.

Awards