Sarah Jones (Australian journalist)

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Sarah Jones
Born
Sarah Jones

(1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 40)
Echuca, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • sports journalist
  • sportscaster
Years active2004−present
Employer
Relatives Jack Jones (grandfather)

Sarah Jones (born 24 June 1982) is an Australian television presenter and sportscaster on Fox Sports. Jones is currently a host with Fox Footy’s AFL coverage and Fox Cricket‘s BBL coverage after appearing on Fox Sports News as a reporter and host.

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Personal life and education

Jones grew up in Echuca, Victoria, as one of five siblings to parents father Tony and mother Chris. In 1990, Chris was killed in a car crash; Sarah was the only child not in the car at the time, while her siblings survived and escaped. [1]

Jones is a mother of two girls, Mila (b. 2015) and Halle (b. 2017), with husband Leigh Carlson, a producer at Fox Footy. Jones supports the Essendon Football Club, her grandfather Jack Jones having been a premiership player at the Bombers and a tour guide at the club's former headquarters at Windy Hill. [2]

Career

At the age of 17, Jones undertook work experience at Seven Network working a project job during the 2000 Sydney Olympics; [3] she studied at journalism at RMIT before joining the then Fox Footy Channel in 2002 as a reporter. She became a presenter and reporter at Fox Sports News, focusing on AFL and cricket while she was also involved in Foxtel's Olympics coverage at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. Jones was later a reporter during Fox Sports coverage of the Big Bash. [4]

In 2016, Jones presented AFL Tonight on Fox Sports News and later become a boundary rider in Fox Footy’s AFL coverage. In June of that year, Jones filled in as studio host of Fox Thursday Night coverage after Eddie McGuire stepped down from the after he made sexist comments on radio earlier that week; [5] Jones filled the hosting role on Thursdays for the remainder of the season.

Her roles expanded in 2018, when she hosted On The Mark with fellow female broadcasters Kelli Underwood and Neroli Meadows. [6] Jones subsequently hosted Fox Footy's match-day coverage, mainly on Thursdays and Saturdays, and also during the AFLW while she was host during Fox Footy's Grand Final Day preview. Jones also MC’d awards multiple award ceremonies, including the All-Australian awards, the AFLPA MVP, and the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

In 2018, Jones joined Fox Cricket as a host and boundary reporter during its BBL coverage after the network regained cricket rights in Australia. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Heraldsun.com.au | Subscribe to the Herald Sun for exclusive stories". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sarah Jones pays tribute to legendary grandfather Jack Jones, who passed away at 95". Fox Sports. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sarah's dream comes true". Riverine Herald. 13 September 2000.
  4. ↑ "Sarah Jones". TLA. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ↑ readJune 22, less than 2 min; Australia, 2016-5:34PMNews Corp (22 June 2016). "Eddie walks out on footy gig". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Five new shows highlight a revamped Fox Footy line-up for the 2018 AFL season". Fox Sports. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Perry, Kevin (9 October 2018). "Foxtel reveals full broadcast line-up for new Fox Cricket channel". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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