Dominic John Sebastian Knight is an Australian novelist, comedy writer, radio host and media commentator.
Education
Knight was educated at Sydney Grammar School, where he met fellow Chaser members Chas Licciardello and Charles Firth. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sydney, a Master of Arts in Professional Writing from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a Doctor of Arts from the University of Sydney.
Career
Along with fellow Sydney University students Charles Firth, Julian Morrow and Craig Reucassel he founded The Chaser newspaper, launched in May 1999. He is the brother of Australian painter Jasper Knight and the grandson of former Reserve Bank Governor Sir Harold Knight. Unlike his colleagues, Dominic rarely presents on the program on-screen but has done some cameo appearances: television credits include Chaser News Alert and his role as a reporter for two series of CNNNN. He also contributed to the commentary track for the second volume of The Chaser"s War on Everything Digital Video Disc. Their show, Chas and Dom from "The Chaser", aired between 4 pm and 6 pm on weekdays from 2 to 25 January, and often included guest appearances from their Chaser colleagues.
Knight also writes for the Sydney Morning Herald, contributing opinion pieces, wrote for the now defunct liftout Radar, and blogged on the 2007 New South Wales election campaign.
He writes a weekly column for the Fairfax Media website Daily Life. In September 2007, Knight was questioned by police, alongside fellow Chaser members Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel after they strapped on cardboard cars (limousines) and "drove" around Sydney in the wake of Chas and Julian"s arrest for entering a restricted zone without justification during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.
In 2008, Knight toured Australia as part of the Chaser team"s stage show, The Chaser"s Age of Terror Variety Hour. In recent years he has appeared on the national television political commentary programs Paul Murray Live on Sky News Australia and The Drum on American Broadcasting Company News 24.
In January 2012, Knight replaced Robbie Buck as the Evenings presenter on 702 American Broadcasting Company Sydney, 1233 American Broadcasting Company Newcastle, 666 American Broadcasting Company Canberra and American Broadcasting Company Local Radio stations across New South Wales.
Knight will step down from 702 American Broadcasting Company in late 2016, to be replaced by Christine Anu.
Membership
Best known as a member of the Australian political satire comedy group The Chaser, he is also an occasional writer, columnist and blogger for the Sydney Morning Herald, and host of Evenings on American Broadcasting Company Local Radio across NSW and the ACT. He worked as a writer on The Hamster Wheel, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation television program which was written and performed by the members of The Chaser comedy group.