Geraldine Doogue
Geraldine Doogue | |
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| Born | Geraldine Frances Doogue April 29, 1952 Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcaster, journalist |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Known for | ABC Radio National's Global Roaming, Life Matters, Compass |
| Notable work | Host of Ethnic Business Awards, recipient of Officer of the Order of Australia |
Geraldine Frances Doogue (born 29 April 1952) is a distinguished Australian broadcaster and journalist, primarily recognized for her contributions to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Since January 2024, she has been a co-host of ABC Radio National's Global Roaming, a program focusing on current affairs.
Career
Doogue completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia before choosing journalism instead of teaching. She began her media career with a cadetship at The West Australian and subsequently worked at The Australian. Her role expanded internationally as she became the London correspondent for Rupert Murdoch’s Australian newspapers. ABC executives, impressed by her performance during an interview on Four Corners, invited her to present on Nationwide. In 1985, she took on co-hosting duties for The National, ABC’s hour-long nightly news and current affairs broadcast.
Between 1988 and 1989, Doogue co-anchored Eyewitness News on TEN-10 Sydney and gained experience in commercial radio with 2UE before rejoining ABC in 1990. That same year, she began hosting the Ethnic Business Awards, which honor outstanding achievements by migrant and Indigenous entrepreneurs; she continued to host this event multiple times up until 2004.
In 1992, Doogue became the founding host of Radio National's Life Matters, a position she held for eleven years. Her work earned her a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award and two Penguin Awards for ABC TV’s coverage of the Gulf War. From 1998 until 2017, she was the presenter of ABC TV’s Compass. Starting in 2005, she hosted Radio National’s Saturday Extra until 2024. She also returned to Compass to conduct an interview with Governor-General Sam Mostyn following her first year in office.
In November 2018, Doogue was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame. As of January 2024, she has been co-hosting Global Roaming alongside Hamish Macdonald, providing comprehensive weekly insights into major domestic and international topics.
Personal life
Doogue’s first marriage was to Tim Blue; she later married ABC executive Ian Carroll, who passed away from pancreatic cancer on 19 August 2011. Together with Carroll, she had two children and two stepchildren. Her eldest daughter from her marriage to Tim Blue, Eliza Harvey, is also an ABC journalist and is married to Adam Harvey, son of the late journalist Peter Harvey.
Works
Honours and awards
| Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) | Awarded on 9 June 2003 for "service to the community, particularly as a commentator for social change, and to the media through raising public awareness of issues involving ethics, values, religion and spirituality." |
- Recipient of two Penguin Awards recognizing broadcasting excellence
- United Nations Media Peace Prize laureate
- Awarded Churchill Fellowship for social and cultural journalism
- Conferred Doctor of the University by University of Newcastle Australia in 2015
- Honorary degree granted by Australian National University in 2019
External links
- Long Distance Call
- Profile at Australian Women's Register
- ABC profile for Saturday Extra
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Australian radio journalists
- Australian republicans
- ABC radio (Australia) journalists and presenters
- Australian television newsreaders and news presenters
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Australian women television journalists
- Australian women radio journalists
- University of Western Australia alumni