Jane Worthington

Jane Worthington grew up in the Northern NSW town of Gunnedah. She was inspired to enter journalism after a stint working on one of Australia’s last surviving independent newspapers, her hometown rag, The Namoi Valley Independent.

She joined The Newcastle Herald as a cadet journalist in 1992 and went on to become a lead feature writer before travel took her abroad to work and churn out daily features for Scotland’s Edinburgh Evening News.

Returning to Australia in 2001, Jane spent the next six years keeping an eye on Australia’s media as deputy director of the Walkley Foundation for Journalism, associate editor of The Walkley Magazine and producer of the Walkley Award broadcast on SBS TV.

Her journalism has been recognised with Prodi Awards for feature writing and Northern NSW Journalist of the Year.

In 2007, she joined Dateline as interview producer in 2007. Since making the jump to television to produce interviews for George Negus, she’s spent her days researching and her nights on the phone persuading world leaders and luminaries to speak.

Let’s get over the great divide between city and country

15 Sep 10 This tricky little election of ours has indeed delivered a bizarre but welcome insight into Australian country life. And no-one,…... Read more

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Torching God’s country

13 Aug 09 Lately, I’ve got to thinking about the importance Australians place in burning great things – things of immeasurable value. Take…... Read more

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