Denham Hitchcock quits Seven

Spotlight reporter Denham Hitchcock has resigned from Seven.

Hitchcock, who previously filed for Sunday Night, says he will now work freelance, whilst spending more time with family and at sea.

On Instagram he said, “New year. New start. I have resigned from the Channel Seven network.

“This is normally where people say they need to spend more time with their family, and that is certainly true, my girls are everything to me, but there’s other reasons.

“In my 28 years as a TV journalist I’ve worked in 7 different newsrooms in three countries. Predominantly, doing stories about terrible things that happen to good people, and each of those stories left an impact. There’s only one lesson from them, time waits for no one, and dreams shouldn’t be left on the pillow.

“The ocean is calling once more and this salty boat life needs further exploring, in the pacific islands, and potentially beyond.

“I’m proud of my recent record at the Spotlight documentary unit. 14 programs, 10 of them – one hour shows, most of those with me as researcher, producer and reporter. That’s a show every 1.5 months – and number 15 will be out this year.

“Yep, it’s been busy – and only possible with the hardest working team in Australian TV, editors, producers and bosses who elevated and improved whatever I brought to the table. I wish my colleagues at Spotlight, and the network, all the best and thank them for their unwavering support for almost a decade. Fearless reporting remains essential.

“I’ll be going freelance, but predominantly I’ll be preparing our floating home to cross oceans ~ the last great wilderness.

“Thanks to the hundreds of brave people who entrusted me with their life story, often at the worst possible time.
My intention is always to not just report what happened, but to make a difference, and that won’t change.”