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Robert Grasso is an Australian, Sydney-based media professional with over 25 years experience in public relations and journalism.
He is currently the Media Director for NSW Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Work Health and Safety, Sophie Cotsis. He has held various high-profile government agency appointments, working as a Senior Media Advisor for Sydney Water and Senior Public Relations Advisor for the NSW Reconstruction Authority.
He was previously a Senior Lineup Producer with 7 Weekend Sunrise and Supervising Producer withSBS World News. He also served as asports anchor for the network's flagship program, SBS World News.
Grasso was one of SBS' longest-serving members, having worked on location at some of the station's biggest sporting events including the 2018 FIFA World Cup (Russia), 2014 FIFA World Cup (Brazil), and the1998 FIFA World Cup (France). He has covered international track & field on location, including the 2001 (Canada) and 2003 (France)IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. He has reported onDavis Cuptennis around Australia and covered theAustralia national soccer team World Cup qualifying campaigns in the Middle East. He was a former student at Waverley College.
With a degree in commerce (marketing), he began his career as apublicist for SBS TV promoting News, Current Affairs and Sport.
After attending theAustralian Film, Television and Radio School and Max Rowley Media Academy, Grasso embarked on a career inradio. His big break in television came in 1996, working as a weekend reporter on SBS TV's nightly sports show,Toyota World Sports.
Grasso has covered many sports, including tennis,association football,athletics (both domestically and internationally), winning anAthletics Australia media award for television news coverage in 2002.[1]