Supervising producer Lincoln Howes is a journalist of 26 years experience. He started his career in at Brisbane's Telegraph newspaper, where he specialised in Police reporting and investigative features.
In 1985 he moved to television, joining Channel Ten Brisbane, again as senior police reporter. He won a Logie award for his eyewitness coverage of a mid-air collision between two of the RAAF Roulettes aerobatics team.
In 1989, he moved overseas working as a producer for the BSkyB network in London, covering world events including the release of Nelson Mandela, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Margaret Thatcher's resignation.
Returning to Australia in 1991, Howes moved into current affairs with the Hinch program.
In 1994, he joined Channel Seven's ground-breaking late-night current affairs show The Times. A year later he was appointed executive producer of the program.
In January 1996, Howes joined Witness with Jana Wendt, working from London as the program's European producer. He returned to Sydney in 1997 as story editor for Witness.
In July, 1998, Howes accepted the position of supervising producer with Seven's daily current affairs program Today Tonight.
In October 2000, he joined Nine's flagship public affairs program 60 Minutes as a producer. He has worked on many national and international stories including the Bali Bombing, Pope John Paul's funeral, the Beaconsfield Mining accident, and produced Peter Overton's memorable interview with Tom Cruise.
Lincoln was appointed Supervising Producer of 60 Minutes in 2008.
