Early Career
Jason grew up in Sydney where he attended North Sydney Boys High School. During his final two years at school, he was a freelance reporter for Australian Associated Press. In early 1980 at the age of seventeen, Jason became a cadet journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's oldest newspaper.
Towards the end of his four years with the Herald, Jason stumbled on his biggest story in September 1983 when a personal vacation to New York City coincided with Australia winning sailing's America's Cup. Jason borrowed a blazer and talked his way into the New York Yacht Club before sending back an insider's account to the Sydney Morning Herald on the night the United States lost the America's Cup for the first time after 132 years.
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