1. Geraldine Frances Doogue was born on 29 April 1952 and is an Australian journalist and radio and television presenter, known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
11 Facts About Geraldine Doogue
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Geraldine Doogue later worked for The Australian and spent several years in the United Kingdom as London correspondent for Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers.
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Geraldine Doogue worked at TEN-10 Sydney from 1988 to 1989 as co-presenter on Eyewitness News with Steve Liebmann and on commercial radio with 2UE, then returned to the ABC in 1990.
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In 1990 Geraldine Doogue hosted the Ethnic Business Awards, which is a national business award highlighting migrant and Indigenous excellence in business.
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Geraldine Doogue went on to host these awards again in 1995,1999,2002, and 2004.
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Geraldine Doogue was the host of Radio National's Life Matters programme for 11 years from its inception in 1992.
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Geraldine Doogue received a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award and two Penguin Awards for her role in ABC TV's coverage of the Gulf War.
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Geraldine Doogue was the host of Compass on ABC TV from 1998 to 2017.
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In November 2018, Geraldine Doogue was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame.
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Geraldine Doogue was first married to Tim Blue and then to ABC executive Ian Carroll who died from pancreatic cancer on 19 August 2011.
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Geraldine Doogue's elder daughter with Tim Blue, Eliza Harvey, is an ABC journalist who is married to Adam Harvey, a son of journalist Peter Harvey.