Sean Cowan joined Business News as managing editor in 2020. Prior to joining this publication, Mr Cowan spent three years as managing editor, Western Australia at Australian Community Media as that company went through a demerger from Fairfax/Nine.
He began his career at The West Australian newspapers in 1998, spending time as the Karratha Bureau reporter, courts reporter, legal affairs writer, chief crime reporter, freedom of information editor and then as an investigative journalist with a roving brief. During this period, he was WA Journalist of the Year on three occasions.
Mr Cowan also has four years of experience as a lecturer in journalism at Curtin University, during which time he was awarded a first-class honours in history for his thesis on the early history of football in Western Australia. In addition to his work in journalism, Mr Cowan has twice judged the West Australian of the Year awards, is a member of the WA Football Commission's heritage committee and is a selector for the WA Institute of Sport's Hall of Champions.
Work at the state's biggest container port is expected to slow to a crawl in the coming weeks after Qube Ports customers were told a series of industrial actions would start from tonight.
ANALYSIS: Isn't the failure of big media just an example of the lifecycle of a business; you make money only until a competitor comes along with a better product and puts you out of business... or you adapt?
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Sapien Cyber, the Perth startup that emerged from Edith Cowan University’s internationally recognised cyber security research institute, has been placed in the hands of administrators.
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An eight-centimetre height difference between the original floor of a Coles supermarket and an extension to the building has led the owner to take legal action against the architecture firm that designed the extension.
Former Quintis director Graeme Scott has had an early victory in his defamation battle with several of the company's most senior executives, with the Supreme Court ruling there should be no restriction on his access to one of the documents at the centre of the case.
Business News will expand its coverage of state politics in 2023 and base a journalist at Parliament House for the first time in the organisation's history.
Perth Wildcats may have missed the playoffs for the first time in 36 years, but that didn't stop the league's most successful franchise from booking a profit of $750,000 for the financial year.
Managing editor Sean Cowan discusses why key management personnel exited The Perth Wildcats in the months after its 35-year run as a finals contender came to an end.
The make-up of a national football competition could have turned out very differently if some tough decisions were made even as recently as a decade ago.
I've been itching to take a good look under the bonnet of the Perth Wildcats operation ever since sharemarket-listed Sports Entertainment Group bought the NBL’s most successful franchise from the late Jack Bendat for $8.5 million last year.
Scott Morrison has offered a pessimistic view of Australia repairing diplomatic relations with China in the years ahead while encouraging businesses to continue engaging with the people’s republic.
Nev Power has stepped down from the national board of the Royal Flying Doctors Service after pleading guilty to two counts of breaching WA's COVID-19 travel restrictions.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, managing editor Sean Cowan weighs in on what Cricket Australia has lost with the departure of Justin Langer.