Jane Singleton

Jane Singleton

Singleton began her journalistic career as a cadet at The Age newspaper in Melbourne. At 22 she went to China during the Cultural Revolution. Later she went to Hong Kong where she sub-edited the South China Morning Post. In Brazil she was correspondent for the Financial Times and The Economist and reporter for the ABC News.^{[clarification needed]} Singleton also wrote for the English language daily The Brazil Herald but ran foul of the Brazilian government. Her visa was cancelled and she escaped to Chile in the boot of a car three days before the assassination of President Allende.^[2]

In Australia she worked on regional

Singleton's career in broadcasting has spanned public broadcasting and the commercial media in Australia (2GB, ABC and SBS). She has been a Walkley Awards judge and federal vice president of the Australian Journalists Association.^[3] Career highlights include coordinating Nelson Mandela's visit to Australia in 1990 and working on the Maritime Union's communications during the Patrick waterfront dispute.^[3]

Teaching

Singleton taught journalism at University of Technology Sydney, other Australian universities and at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. She has delivered innumerable lectures and speeches on journalism, advocacy and human rights.^{[citation needed]}

Community and corporate roles

Singleton has directed and chaired the

In 2020 she published What Katie Did, a biography of K. Langloh Parker, author of Australian Legendary Tales.

Awards

In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia) Singleton was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the media and to the community through a range of industry, arts, charitable and consumer organisations".^[5]

Works

• Singleton, Jane (2020). What Katie Did: How a white woman in remote Australia notated an Aboriginal language and legends in the 19th century.
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