Caroline Jones

Caroline Mary Jones AO (born Caroline Mary James; 1 January 1938 - May 2022) was an Australian radio and television journalist, media personality and social commentator with a career in the industry spanning over 50 years. Jones joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Canberra in 1963 and later became the first female reporter for This Day Tonight. She then became a Four Corners presenter from 1972 to 1981. From 1987 to 1994 she presented a spirituality-focused radio program called The Search For Meaning on ABC Radio National, on which people told the stories of their lives. In 1996, Jones began presenting the weekly biographical program Australian Story on ABC television. During 1988, Jones worked alongside Aboriginal broadcasters at Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Alice Springs as they produced their first cultural and current affairs programs for television. In 1998 she was appointed an Ambassador for Reconciliation by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. In December 2016, she announced that she would leave the ABC and step down from her role on Australian Story, although stating that she would not be retiring.