Jill Jolliffe
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Jill Jolliffe is an Australian journalist and author who has reported on East Timor
since 1975. She witnessed the first incursions of Indonesian regular troops into East Timor in September 1975 and reported on the deaths of the Balibo Five
the following month.
Jolliffe lived in Portugal
from 1978 to 1999, reporting on East Timor, Angola, Portugual and other ex-Portugese colonies. She later returned to Australia to reside in Darwin. Jill Jolliffe was a Northern Territory Finalist for Senior Australian of the Year 2010. She has been a correspondent for Reuters
, The Guardian
, The Sunday Times
, The Age
, Sydney Morning Herald, and the BBC
. She has covered wars in Angola and the western Sahara; and is banned from entering Indonesia.
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
since 1975. She witnessed the first incursions of Indonesian regular troops into East Timor in September 1975 and reported on the deaths of the Balibo Five
Balibo Five
The Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian television networks based in the town of Balibo in East Timor where they were killed on 16 October 1975 during Indonesian incursions prior to the invasion....
the following month.
Jolliffe lived in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
from 1978 to 1999, reporting on East Timor, Angola, Portugual and other ex-Portugese colonies. She later returned to Australia to reside in Darwin. Jill Jolliffe was a Northern Territory Finalist for Senior Australian of the Year 2010. She has been a correspondent for Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
, 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...
, Sydney Morning Herald, and the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. She has covered wars in Angola and the western Sahara; and is banned from entering Indonesia.
TV documentaries
- The Pandora Trail (1992)--about European prostitution rackets
- Blockade (1997)--story of East Timor's guerrilla struggle
- Foreign CorrespondentForeign Correspondent (TV series)Foreign Correspondent is a weekly Australian documentary series and current affairs program screened on ABC1, Tuesday at . Premiering at on Saturday 14 March 1992, the aim is to give informed information about the happenings in other countries either on the light side of life or during crisis.-...
special on Balibo Five (1998), with Jonathan HolmesJonathan HolmesJonathan Holmes is a British-born Australian television journalist and producer who has been, since 2008, the presenter of the ABC1 weekly programme Media Watch....