Sarah Jones (journalist)

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Sarah Jones
Born
Sarah Jones

(1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 39)
Echuca, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation
  • Television presenter
  • sports journalist
  • sportscaster
Years active2004−present
Employer
  • Fox Sports
RelativesJack Jones (grandfather)

Sarah Jones (born 24 June 1982) is an Australian television presenter and sportscaster on Fox Sports. Jones is currently a host with Fox Footy’s AFL coverage and Fox Cricket‘s BBL coverage after being on Fox Sports News as a reporter and host.

Personal life and education[]

Jones grew up in Echuca, Victoria as one of five siblings to parents father Tony and mother Chris but in 1990 Chris was killed in a car crash with Sarah the only child that wasn't in the car at the time with the other siblings in the car but escaping.[1]

Jones is a mother of two girls, Mila born in 2015 and Halle born in 2017 with husband Leigh Carlson, a producer at Fox Footy. Jones is Essendon supporter with her grandfather Jack Jones a premiership player at the Bombers and former tour guide at the clubs former headquarters Windy Hill.[2]

Career[]

At the age of 17, Jones did work experience at Seven Network working a project job during the 2000 Sydney Olympics,[3] she did her studies at RMIT in journalism before joining the then Fox Footy Channel in 2002 as a reporter. She became a presenter and reporter at Fox Sports News mainly focusing on AFL and Cricket while she was also involved in Foxtel's Olympics coverage at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, Jones was a reporter during Fox Sports coverage of the Big Bash.[4]

In 2016, Jones presented on Fox Sports News and later becoming boundary rider in Fox Footy’s AFL coverage, in June of that year Jones filled in as studio host of Fox Thursday Night coverage after Eddie McGuire stepped down from the after he made sexist comments on radio earlier that week,[5] she filled the hosting role on Thursdays for the remainder of the season.

Her roles expanded in 2018, when she hosted On The Mark with fellow female broadcasters Kelli Underwood and Neroli Meadows,[6] Jones hosted Fox Footy's match day coverage mainly on Thursdays and Saturdays, and also during the AFLW while she was host during Fox Footy's Grand Final Day preview. Jones also MC’d awards ceremony's including the All-Australian awards, the AFLPA MVP and Australian Football Hall of Fame.

In 2018, Jones joined Fox Cricket as a host and boundary reporter during its BBL coverage after the network regained cricket rights in Australia.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Heraldsun.com.au | Subscribe to the Herald Sun for exclusive stories". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Sarah Jones pays tribute to legendary grandfather Jack Jones, who passed away at 95". Fox Sports. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253638960/28185448
  4. ^ "Sarah Jones". TLA. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ^ readJune 22, less than 2 min; Australia, 2016-5:34PMNews Corp (22 June 2016). "Eddie walks out on footy gig". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Five new shows highlight a revamped Fox Footy line-up for the 2018 AFL season". Fox Sports. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ Perry, Kevin (9 October 2018). "Foxtel reveals full broadcast line-up for new Fox Cricket channel". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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