Tony Jones (news journalist)
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Anthony William Jones, known as Tony Jones, is a Walkley Award-winning Australian television journalist.
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[edit] Early life
Jones attended Newington College (1970-1974) [1] and the University of Sydney as a resident of St. Paul's College, Sydney.
[edit] Career
Jones is currently the host of the ABC's Lateline, a television news and current affairs program. He also hosts the ABC's Q&A.
[edit] Acclaim
Jones is one of Australia's most acclaimed journalists, winning four awards including four of Australia's leading journalism awards, the Walkleys. He has been commended by the Crikey website for having, "ferocious intelligence, polite calmness, [being a] dogged interrogator, [having] deep political instincts, juggling the running agenda, [and having] a great sense of context." Crikey also put much of the success of Lateline to Jones, stating, "Lateline without Jones is a perfectly adequate late night news review; with Jones it is a world-class piece of television."[2]
[edit] Family
Jones is married to journalist Sarah Ferguson and their son, Lucien, made a guest appearance on The Chaser's War On Everything, filling in for his father as the host of Lateline.
[edit] Awards
- 1987 Walkley Award for Best Television Current Affairs Report, for his story Horses for Courses, which broadcast on the ABC.
- 1991 Walkley Award for Best Coverage of a Current Story (Television), joint winner with Kerry O'Brien and Dugald Maudsley.
- 2004 Walkley Award for Broadcast Interviewing, for his interviews on Lateline.
- 2007 Walkley Award for Broadcast Interviewing, for his interviews on Lateline.
[edit] References
- ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp102
- ^ "Outstanding Media Practitioner of the Year", Crikey. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
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