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How one bowel cancer report transformed national awarenessWe have a world map at home and one of my favourite things to do is to show my two daughters where I’ve been as a 60 Minutes reporter.\nThere’s Russia, Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Ethiopia – all over Europe, all over the United states, all over Asia.\nAnd I think it’s only on reflection that I’m able to have these ‘pinch myself moments’ where I can really see what an extraordinary opportunity and job it was to be a reporter for 60 Minutes. That I can sit back and think, ‘Wow, I’ve had 8 fantastic years with a front row seat to the world’.\nI went to Africa and saw zebras, elephants and giraffes. I held a lion’s mouth open in Kenya while a professor looked at his dental work. I trekked through swamps trying to find giant anacondas – phenomenal memories.\nThis past year, as 60 Minutes has celebrated its 40th anniversary, I’ve been asked countless times what my favourite story is. Keep in mind, I was at the program for eight years – and for each of those years, eight months were spent on the road. It was like a conveyor belt being flung around the planet – literally!\nThe more I think about it, the more I prefer to not pick a favourite story, but rather a story that I know has made a difference.\nI did a lot of stories over those eight years, but made sure I did at least one story a year on mental health. And I know those stories made a difference because Australians in airports, cafes, even parks in Paris, come up to me and thank me for starting that tricky conversation.\nIn 2007, I had a colonoscopy on air as part of a report on bowel cancer and it made a huge difference. We won an award for doing more for bowel cancer awareness in 12 minutes of television than anyone had been able to achieve in more than 25 years.\nI covered the late professor Chris O’Brien’s story from diagnosis of brain tumour, to his state funeral and everything in between. And that was an amazing experience with a sad ending. A very important story about someone who became a very dear friend.\nWhile
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