Catherine Fox (journalist)

Catherine Louise Fox AM is an Australian freelance journalist, author, feminist and public speaker.^[1]

Education

Fox completed her secondary education at Brigidine College, St Ives. She has a BA in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney and an MA (Hons) from the University of New South Wales. Her 1992 Masters thesis was titled "Media Segmentation in the Australian Women's Magazine Sector".^[2]

Career

Fox began her career in the financial services sector in Sydney and London and then joined The Australian Financial Review, fulfilling many roles including deputy editor, "Boss" magazine and Corporate Woman columnist. In 2012 she was co-chair of the first annual Westpac/Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards.^[3] In August 2012 Fox was a keynote speaker at the Inaugural Australasian Women in Business Law Awards, held in Sydney.^[4]

Fox commenced her freelance career in early 2013 and has presented at conferences, writers' festivals and been a regular contributor to Women's Agenda.^[5]

Fox has spent more than twenty years advocating for gender equality^[6] and is a director of the Australian Women Donors Network.^[7] For International Women's Day 2017 and 2018, Fox was appointed guest editor of bluenotes.^[8][9] As at May 2020 Fox is an advisory board member and director of diversity at Women & Leadership Australia.^[10]

With Jane Caro she is co-host of the "Women With Clout" podcast.^[11]

Awards and recognition

• Honorary Fellow, Centre for Ethical Leadership at Ormond College, University of Melbourne^[3]

• Seven Myths about Women and Work shortlisted for the 2013 Ashurst Business Literature Prize, Ashurst Australia and the State Library of New South Wales^[12][13]

• 2017 Walkley Award for Women's Leadership in Media^[14][15]

• Stop Fixing Women: Why Building Fairer Workplaces is Everybody’s Business shortlisted for the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize.^[16]

• 2018 named one of The Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence in the Diversity and Inclusion category.^[17]
• Member of the Order of Australia, 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to journalism, and to gender equality and diversity"^[18]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Better Than Sex: How A Whole Generation Got Hooked On Work, (Random House Australia, 2004) co-authored with Helen Trinca, ISBN 1740511964^[19]
• The F Word : How We Learned to Swear by Feminism, (University of New South Wales Press, 2008) co-authored with Jane Caro, ISBN 9780868408231^[20]
• 7 Myths About Women and Work, (NewSouth Publishing, 2012), ISBN 9781742233475^[21]
• Stop Fixing Women: Why building fairer workplaces is everyone's business, (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), ISBN 9781742235165^[22]
• Women Kind, (Murdoch Books, 2018) co-authored with Kirstin Ferguson, ISBN 9781760523848^[23]

Contributions

• "Still better than sex: loving our work more than ever", co-authored with Helen Trinca, in Love@work : How Loyalty, Humanity, Spirituality, Inspiration, Communication and Intimacy Affect Business and the Workplace series editors Carolyn Barker and Alexandra Payne (John Wiley, 2006), ISBN 0731404327^[24]

• "We appointed a women executive once ... it didn't work out", in Destroying the Joint : Why Women Have to Change the World, edited by Jane Caro, (University of Queensland Press, 2013), ISBN 9780702249907^[25]

• "Ladies, Check Your Privilege" in Unbreakable : Women Share Stories of Resilience and Hope, edited by Jane Caro (University of Queensland Press, 2017), ISBN 9780702259678^[26]

References

1. "Contributor: Fox, Catherine, (Catherine Louise)". Trove People & Organisations, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
2. Media Segmentation in the Australian Women's Magazine Sector. Trove Books, National Library of Australia (Thesis). 1992. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. "Catherine Fox". Centre for Ethical Leadership. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
4. "Inaugural Australasian Women in Business Law Awards: Winners Announced". International Financial Law Review (Sep 2012). 2012. ProQuest 1039188110.
5. "Catherine Fox, contributor". Women's Agenda. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
6. Hooper, Narelle; Genoff, Rodin; Pettifer, Susan (2015). New Women, New Men, New Economy: How Creativity, Openness, Diversity and Equity are Driving Prosperity Now. The Federation Press. p. 174. ISBN 9781760020408.
7. acnc_charity_api_user (28 February 2019). "Australian Women Donors Network". www.acnc.gov.au. Retrieved 3 April 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
8. Jun, Yoomi (2 March 2017). "IWD2017: To survive and prosper, business needs women". bluenotes. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
9. Wright, Jemma (2 March 2018). "IWD2018: How safe spaces create inclusion for all women". ANZ. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
10. "Advisory Board". www.wla.edu.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
11. "Women With Clout on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
12. "[Ashurst Prize for Business Literature 2012 : entries submitted]". Trove Books, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
13. Hechtman, Miriam. "Catherine Fox - Corporate Woman". WW wonderwomen. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
14. "The Women's Leadership in Media Award 2017". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
15. White, Shane (28 July 2017). "Catherine Fox recognised with Walkley". bluenotes. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
16. "Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017 shortlist announced". Books and Publishing. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
17. Patten, Sally (17 October 2018). "Women of Influence 2018 winner fights for recognition of Indigenous Australians". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
18. "Ms Catherine Fox". It's an Honour. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
19. Trinca, Helen; Fox, Catherine (2004). Better Than Sex. Random House Australia. ISBN 9781740511964. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
20. Caro, Jane; Fox, Catherine (2008). The F Word. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868408231. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
21. Fox, Catherine (8 January 2012). 7 Myths About Women and Work. NewSouth. ISBN 9781742246062. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
22. Fox, Catherine (2017). Stop Fixing Women. NewSouth. ISBN 9781742235165. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
23. "Women Kind - Dr Kirstin Ferguson and Catherine Fox - 9781760523848 - Murdoch books". Murdoch Books. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
24. Love@work. Wiley. 30 May 2006. ISBN 9780731404322. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
25. Caro, Jane (2013). Destroying the Joint. Univ. of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702251771. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
26. Caro, Jane (2017). Unbreakable : Women Share Stories of Resilience and Hope. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702259678. Retrieved 3 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

External links

• Official website