Caroline Overington
Encyclopedia
Caroline Overington is an Australia
n journalist and author.
Born in May 1970, Overington grew up in Melton, Victoria
where she attended Melton South Primary School and Melton High School
. Post secondary school she began her journalism cadet
ship with The Age Suburban Newspapers. She later took up a position as sports writer with The Age
. She covered two Olympic and Paralympic games and many other sporting events. She contributed articles to 'Sports Writing and Photography' (Random House)for several years. She was awarded the Annita Keating Trophy for Female Journalism in Sport.
In 2002 she moved to New York
to become a foreign correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Her first book is based on her family experience in the USA. Together with Malcolm Knox, she won a Walkley Award for investigative journalism in 2004 for their Norma Khouri investigation. She contributed a chapter to the best-selling Come Away With Me (Random House) in 2005.
Following her return to Australia, Overington took up a position as senior journalist with News Ltd. working at 'The Australian'. Her second book Kickback (2007) is based on her coverage of the AWB scandal. It tells how hundreds of millions of dollars was sent from Australia's wheat exporter, AWB Ltd, to the regime of Saddam Hussein
in the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq war. In November 2006 Overington won the Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Journalism and then the 2007 Walkley Award for investigative journalism for her coverage of the AWB scandal.'Kickback' was also nominated for the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature in 2008. The book may be transferred to television in the future .
In the lead up to the 2007 Federal Election, Overington was accused of threatening George Newhouse
, the ALP
candidate for Wentworth
, with adverse press coverage unless he acceded to her demands for an interview and photograph. On election day itself, Overington was involved in a physical altercation with Newhouse at a Wentworth polling station, for which she later apologised.
Overington is the Only in New York: How I took Manhattan (with the kids) (ISBN 978-1-74114-961-6), published by Allen & Unwin
in 2006. She is also the author of 'Kickback: Inside the Australian Wheat Board Scandal' (ISBN 978-1-74175-194-9), published by Allen & Unwin in 2007. Her third book, a novel, "Ghost Child" was released in 2009 to both literary and popular acclaim.
Overington continues as a journalist and columnist for the The Australian
, and maintains a web blog and a Twitter
site at that publication. She contributes to both television and radio at various times.
Her new book "I Came to say Goodbye." is due for release by Random House in October 2010.
Overington lives in Sydney with her husband and two children.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist and author.
Born in May 1970, Overington grew up in Melton, Victoria
Melton, Victoria
Melton is an outer-suburban city of Melbourne Victoria, Australia located 35 km east from Melbourne's central business district. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Melton Local Government Area. At the 2006 Census, the Shire of Melton had a population of 35,490...
where she attended Melton South Primary School and Melton High School
Melton Secondary College
Melton Secondary College was the first secondary school built in Melton, Victoria, Australia. The school currently offers studies in 34 VCE subjects and 23 VET subjects.-Houses:Interhouse competitions remain an integral part of the school's ethos....
. Post secondary school she began her journalism cadet
Cadet
A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...
ship with The Age Suburban Newspapers. She later took up a position as sports writer with The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
. She covered two Olympic and Paralympic games and many other sporting events. She contributed articles to 'Sports Writing and Photography' (Random House)for several years. She was awarded the Annita Keating Trophy for Female Journalism in Sport.
In 2002 she moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to become a foreign correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Her first book is based on her family experience in the USA. Together with Malcolm Knox, she won a Walkley Award for investigative journalism in 2004 for their Norma Khouri investigation. She contributed a chapter to the best-selling Come Away With Me (Random House) in 2005.
Following her return to Australia, Overington took up a position as senior journalist with News Ltd. working at 'The Australian'. Her second book Kickback (2007) is based on her coverage of the AWB scandal. It tells how hundreds of millions of dollars was sent from Australia's wheat exporter, AWB Ltd, to the regime of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
in the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq war. In November 2006 Overington won the Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Journalism and then the 2007 Walkley Award for investigative journalism for her coverage of the AWB scandal.'Kickback' was also nominated for the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature in 2008. The book may be transferred to television in the future .
In the lead up to the 2007 Federal Election, Overington was accused of threatening George Newhouse
George Newhouse
George Newhouse is an Australian human rights lawyer, a former local councillor and political activist. He was Mayor of Waverley in the eastern suburbs of Sydney from 2006 to 2007, and the Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Wentworth at the 2007 Australian federal election...
, the ALP
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
candidate for Wentworth
Division of Wentworth
The Division of Wentworth is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The Division is named after William Charles Wentworth , a noted Australian explorer and statesman...
, with adverse press coverage unless he acceded to her demands for an interview and photograph. On election day itself, Overington was involved in a physical altercation with Newhouse at a Wentworth polling station, for which she later apologised.
Overington is the Only in New York: How I took Manhattan (with the kids) (ISBN 978-1-74114-961-6), published by Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
in 2006. She is also the author of 'Kickback: Inside the Australian Wheat Board Scandal' (ISBN 978-1-74175-194-9), published by Allen & Unwin in 2007. Her third book, a novel, "Ghost Child" was released in 2009 to both literary and popular acclaim.
Overington continues as a journalist and columnist for the The Australian
The Australian
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
, and maintains a web blog and a Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
site at that publication. She contributes to both television and radio at various times.
Her new book "I Came to say Goodbye." is due for release by Random House in October 2010.
Overington lives in Sydney with her husband and two children.
External links
- Overington's blog - The Australian
- Official website