Caroline Wilson

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Caroline Wilson (born 1958) is an Australian sports journalist.

Wilson began covering football in 1982 and she has been chief football writer for Melbourne's The Age since 1999. The first woman to cover Australian Rules football on a full-time basis and the first woman to win the AFL's gold media award, Wilson has won the AFL Players Association's football writer of the year (1999) and the AFL Media Association's most outstanding football writer and most outstanding feature writer (2000, 2003, 2005). In addition, she received the Melbourne Press Club's Quill Award in 2003. Before joining The Age, Wilson covered Wimbledon (four times), the British Open (three times) and an FA Cup final and worked in radio (winning the 1995 RAWARD for best current affairs commentator). At The Sunday Age Caroline won journalist of the year in 1993 and best feature writer the following year. She reported on both the Sydney and Athens Olympic Games for The Age, and has covered three Commonwealth Games – Edinburgh in 1986, Auckland in 1990 and Melbourne in 2006.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Wilson is the daughter of Ian Wilson, who was president of Richmond Football Club between 1974 and 1985, a period that included the 1974 and 1980 premierships.

Wilson also appears on 3AW's pre-match AFL discussion, and appeared every Wednesday night on the now defunct White Line Fever on Fox Footy.