Sports Entertainment Network
Ashley Browne is an accomplished sports journalist and writer with extensive experience in sports media. Currently serving as a contributing writer for Plus61J Media and a senior writer for the Sports Entertainment Network since 2018, Ashley also co-founded Hawks Insiders in 2021. Previously, Ashley held senior journalist roles at the AFL - Australian Football League and served as a teaching associate at Monash University, specializing in sports reporting. Ashley's career includes positions as consulting editor at BackPageLead.com.au, editor/writer at Slattery Media Group, and national editor at The Australian Jewish News, along with significant roles as managing editor at AFL.COM.AU and Sportal Australia. Ashley completed education at Melbourne High School between 1980 and 1983.
Sports Entertainment Network
Sports Entertainment Network is a dynamic sports and entertainment business. We connect brands with fans across multiple platforms including radio, television, digital, publishing, stadiums and events – reaching over 3.5 million people each week. Our owned network of 15+ radio stations around the country is further supported by our syndicated live sport and specialist programming broadcast via our hundreds of broadcast partners. As well as our mighty digital platforms: the SEN app and sen.com.au which provide up-to-the minute sports headlines and stories; live sport streaming and on-demand podcasts. We hold exclusive radio rights partnerships with the cream of Australian and international sports including the AFL, NRL, FFA, Test Cricket, Big Bash and NFL - and boasts the biggest names calling the biggest games across our commentary teams: AFL Nation, NRL Nation, Big Bash Nation and Football Nation. Just as every sports team has its star players, our line-up includes some of the greats… including Gerard Whateley, Matty Johns, Andrew Voss, Caroline Wilson, Patrick Dangerfield, Malcolm Blight, Kane Cornes, Daisy Pearce and Andrew Bensley – allowing our brand partners to align their message with sport’s most influential and authoritative agenda-setters and opinion-leaders. We also produce live and pre-recorded TV programs from our state-of-the-art studios in Melbourne’s Southbank – including Women’s Footy, The Oval Office and Footy SA & WA as well as end-to-end live sport coverage for broadcasters including Nine, Seven, SBS, Fox Sports and ESPN. In addition to our radio and TV broadcast business, our publishing arm is responsible for the iconic AFL Record – a match-day staple for over 100 years. Our multiple business units deliver expertise across media content, sponsorships, events, money-can’t-buy experiences, talent management, branded-content production, publishing and creative services.