Catherine Louise Fox AM is an Australian freelance journalist, author, feminist and public speaker. [1]
Fox completed her secondary education at Brigidine College, St Ives. She has a BA in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney and an MA (Hons) from the University of New South Wales. Her 1992 Masters thesis was titled "Media Segmentation in the Australian Women's Magazine Sector". [2]
Fox began her career in the financial services sector in Sydney and London and then joined The Australian Financial Review, fulfilling many roles including deputy editor, "Boss" magazine and Corporate Woman columnist. In 2012 she was co-chair of the first annual Westpac/Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards. [3] In August 2012 Fox was a keynote speaker at the Inaugural Australasian Women in Business Law Awards, held in Sydney. [4]
Fox commenced her freelance career in early 2013 and has presented at conferences, writers' festivals and been a regular contributor to Women's Agenda. [5]
Fox has spent more than twenty years advocating for gender equality [6] and is a director of the Australian Women Donors Network. [7] For International Women's Day 2017 and 2018, Fox was appointed guest editor of bluenotes. [8] [9] As at May 2020 Fox is an advisory board member and director of diversity at Women & Leadership Australia. [10]
With Jane Caro she is co-host of the "Women With Clout" podcast. [11]
The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owned by the Fox Corporation. It is the most-watched cable network in the U.S., and as of 2023 generates approximately 70% of its parent company's pre-tax profit. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Fox News provides a service to 86 countries and territories, with international broadcasts featuring Fox Extra segments during advertising breaks.
Keith Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK, in Australia, in the US, book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News. He was also the owner of Sky, 21st Century Fox, and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of US$21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world according to Forbes magazine.
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Lachlan Keith Murdoch is a British-American businessman and mass media heir. He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, co-chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, and the founder of Australian investment company Illyria Pty Ltd.
Dame Elisabeth Joy Murdoch, Lady Murdoch, also known as Elisabeth, Lady Murdoch, was an Australian philanthropist and matriarch of the Murdoch family. She was the widow of Australian newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1963 for her charity work in Australia and overseas.
Caroline Overington is an Australian journalist and author. Overington has written 13 books. She has twice won the Walkley Award for investigative journalism, as well as winning the Sir Keith Murdoch prize for journalism (2007), the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize (2008) and the Davitt Award for Crime Writing (2015).
Tracey Leigh Spicer is an Australian newsreader, Walkley Award-winning journalist and social justice advocate. She is known for her association with Network Ten as a newsreader in the 1990s and 2000s when she co-hosted Ten Eyewitness News in Brisbane, Queensland. She later went on to work with Sky News Australia as a reporter and presenter from 2007 to 2015. In May 2017 Spicer released her autobiography, The Good Girl Stripped Bare. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia "For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist and television presenter, and as an ambassador for social welfare and charitable groups".
Peter Hartcher is an Australian journalist and the Political and International Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He is also a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute, a Sydney-based foreign policy think tank.
Annabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist, commentator and television host who is the ABC's chief online political writer. She has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her Quarterly Essay, "Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull". She has written two books covering events within the Australian Labor Party, as well as The Wife Drought, a book about women's work–life balance. She has hosted ABC television shows Kitchen Cabinet, The House, Back in Time for Dinner, and Tomorrow Tonight.
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is the regulatory authority for charities and not-for-profit organisations within Australia. The Commission was established in December 2012 as part of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 passed by the federal parliament, and is responsible for registering charities and non-profit organisations, ensuring their compliance with Australian law, and for keeping a public register of registered organisations.
Catherine Jane Caro is a feminist social commentator, writer and lecturer based in Australia.
Hedley Thomas is an Australian investigative journalist and author, who has won seven Walkley Awards, two of which are Gold Walkleys.
Sarah Ferguson is an Australian journalist, reporter and television presenter. She is the host of ABC TV's current affairs program 7.30.
Sharri Markson is an Australian journalist and author. She is investigations editor at The Australian and host of the Sky News Australia program Sharri, which airs on Sunday evenings. She is the winner of numerous awards in journalism, including two Walkley Awards.
Lady Mary Elizabeth Windeyer was an Australian women's rights campaigner, particularly in relation to women's suffrage in New South Wales, a philanthropist and charity organizer.
Helen Trinca is an Australian journalist and author. She has been managing editor and as February 2023 is associate editor at The Australian.
Kirstin Irene Ferguson is an Australian author, columnist and expert in leadership and culture. She is also the creator of the #CelebratingWomen campaign. She is a former Royal Australian Air Force officer.
Pamela Williams is an Australian investigative journalist and author.
The University of New South Wales Press Ltd. is an Australian academic book publishing company launched in 1962 and based in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney. The ACNC not-for-profit entity has three divisions: NewSouth Publishing, NewSouth Books, and the UNSW Bookshop, situated at the Kensington campus of the University of New South Wales, Sydney. The press is currently a member of the Association of University Presses.
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