Caroline Jones AO is an Australian television journalist and social commentator. Jones joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Canberra in 1963 and later became the first female reporter for This Day Tonight. She then became a Four Corners presenter from 1972 to 1981. From 1987 to 1994 she presented a spiritually-focused radio program called The Search For Meaning on ABC Radio National, on which people told the stories of their lives. Since 1996 Jones has presented the weekly biographical program Australian Story on the ABC. During 1988, Jones worked alongside Aboriginal broadcasters at Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, in Alice Springs, as they produced their first cultural and current affairs programs for television. In 1998 she was appointed an Ambassador for Reconciliation by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. Jones has won numerous media awards, including a Logie in 1972 and several Media Peace Prize Gold Citations. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988 and in 1989 was awarded the Archbishop of Sydney Citation in recognition of her contribution to Christian ideals in radio and television. [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1938 in (Age 86)