Simon Crerar

About

Simon Crerar is BuzzFeed‘s Australia Editor and leads an editorial team dedicated to growing the social news and entertainment company’s Australian audience with viral content by and for Australians.

Prior to BuzzFeed, he worked at the Times and Sunday Times in London and at News Corp Australia. An innovative originator of compelling, shareable content, Simon’s career has seen him interview Hollywood A-listers, live blog a Category 5 cyclone and report from maximum security prisons in Bangkok and Moscow.

Born and raised in Edinburgh, he is the proud owner of tweeting Jack Russell Terriers @LeoandClancy.

Past Events

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How Cats Won The Internet

Simon Crerar, Mel Campbell, Radha O'Meara, Jason Potts

17 Jun

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Report Card: What’s Happening in Australian Journalism?

Margaret Simons, Emily Wilson, Simon Crerar, Andrew Holden, Tory Maguire

8 Oct

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Upstarts

Erik Jensen, Nick Melin, Simon Crerar, Tim Dunlop

9 Oct

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

The Pitch

Simon Crerar, Simon Mann, Cass Knowlton, Tim Fisher, Margaret Easterbrook

27 Oct

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Future Views, Future News: Experiments in Storytelling

Sophie Black, Alicia Sometimes, Nick Evershed, Simon Crerar, Stefan Armbruster

28 Oct

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Report Card: The State of the Media

Margaret Simons, Lenore Taylor, Damon Johnston, Simon Crerar, Dan Silkstone

29 Oct

New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Report Card: The Year in Australian Journalism

Margaret Simons, Katharine Murphy, Gautam Mishra, Gaven Morris, Simon Crerar

9 Nov

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