Singleton, Jane

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Company director, Journalist, Public relations professional, Radio Journalist and Television Journalist

Jane Singleton has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in broadcasting which has spanned public broadcasting and the commercial media in Australia (2GB, ABC and SBS). She has been a Walkley award judge and federal vice president of the Australian Journalists Association. She is currently the CEO of the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance Canberra and a director of her own public affairs consultancy, Jane Singleton Public Affairs, Pty., Ltd.

Career highlights include coordinating Nelson Mandela's visit to Australia before his election as President, being the inaugural compère of ABC TV's 7.30 Report, and working on the Maritime Union's communications during the Patrick waterfront dispute.

Career Highlights

Alternative Names:

Singleton, Felicity Jane (birth name)

Events
c. 1980 - c. 2000
Career in journalism active

Sources used to compile this entry: Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Australia) - records of the W.G. Walkley Awards, 1956 - 1999, 1956 - 1999, MLMSS 6898; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Australia); Australian Journalists' Association; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales; Media Release 'Jane Singleton Appointed CEO', Website of the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, http://www.arha.org.au/index/Singleton_appt_FINAL.pdf, [accessed 2008-05-27].

Related Entries for Singleton, Jane

Related Cultural Artefacts

Walkley Awards (1956 - )
Jane Singleton was a Walkley Award judge in the mid 1980s. She has also been a member of the Walkley Advisory Board.

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Published Resources

Australian Women Exhibitions

The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

Warren, Agnes, The Media Report: Women in the Media, ABC Radio National, 16 November 1995, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/mstories/mr161101.htm. [ Details... ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Nikki Henningham
Created: 27 May 2008
Modified: 6 October 2008

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 28 November 2008
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