Radio and TV broadcaster Caroline Jones has been awarded the Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism for a career that has spanned 5 decades. Since the 1960s, she has been at the forefront of change in Australian media.
Jones joined the ABC in 1963 and became the first woman to report on This Day Tonight and the first woman to host Four Corners. She also presented ABC702’s morning radio and the Search for Meaning on Radio National.
What has shone through is her ability to tell stories, largely because she is such a great listener. Over the decades, she has secured the most hard to get and revealing interviews because of the warmth, trust and dignity she brings to her job. Since Australian Story’s inception in 1996, Jones has been both the presenter and specialist contributor to the ABC’s multi-award-winning program.
Caroline Jones was recognised at the Walkley Awards presentation last night in Brisbane. The full list of award winners is here.