Career
Simon commenced his career at Channel 7 in Perth back in 1979, working as both a sports producer and reporter. In 1982, he moved to London to take up a position with Vis News. Reeve returned to Australia in 1984 and joined Western Australia current affairs program State Affair and also worked on sports program What a Week in this time he won a 'Penguin Award' (now defunct) for a human interest report and was involved in the commentary team for TVW's host broadcast of the America's Cup defense in 1987. Reeve moved to the eastern states in 1987 as a journalist for Beyond 2000.
Reeve left Beyond 2000 and joined sports program Seasons in 1993, Wildlife in 1994, and spent three years as a reporter on Good Medicine.
In 1999, Simon moved to Botswana with his family. While there he established Kwando Productions, and co-produced the television series Mad Mike and Mark, broadcast internationally on Animal Planet.
Reeve returned to Australia in 2001, and hosted quiz show QuizMaster in 2002, before working for Seven News and Sunrise. He is the regular fill-in news presenter for Natalie Barr. Amongst his duties on Sunrise, he presented the news on Sunrise live from the APEC Newsroom in the week leading up to APEC 2007 (3–7 September). He also presented the first ever Seven Early News bulletin on 14 July 2008, as Natalie Barr is the regular presenter although she was hosting Sunrise at the time.
Reeve has also, along with Liz Chetkovich, held the position of commentator for Seven's gymnastics coverage for both the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.
In 2006, Simon also was a contestant in reality singing show It Takes Two, and hosted a documentary series called The Force: Behind the Line.
Since 2005, Reeve began hosting the children's program, It's Academic
Simon occasionally substitutes as the sports presenter on Sydney's Seven News and filled in for Andrew O'Keefe on Weekend Sunrise.
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