Mal Walden

Mal Walden (born 20 May 1943) is an Australian retired journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne. On his retirement from Channel Ten in 2013 he was reported to be the longest ‘continually’ serving face on Australian television. Then after 10 years in radio, and 43 years in television, a life in publishing beckoned with nine books contributing to an extraordinary media career spanning seven decades.

Biography

Walden was the main presenter of the Seven Network Melbourne program Seven National News from 1978 to 1987 and the Ten Network program Ten Eyewitness News from 1987 until 2013.

On Wednesday 4 December 2013, he presented his last Ten Eyewitness News Melbourne bulletin thanking his family, past and present colleagues, station management and viewers.

Personal life Walden and his wife Pauline Durham, who originally worked in the programming department at the Seven Network HSV-7 studio, have two adult children.