 Prior to joining Seven in 2014, Futcher had worked as a "10 News First" reporter and relief newsreader for Network Ten, and as a "WIN News" reporter for WIN Television.In 2006, Futcher won the United Nations Peace Media Award for his reporting in East Timor, and in 2016, won a Queensland Clarion Award (with camera operator Mark Michalek) for best television news report for their coverage of the Bali Nine executions.Futcher is married with two children.