Catherine Fox (journalist)

Catherine Louise Fox is an Australian freelance journalist, author, feminist, and public speaker.

Early life and education

Catherine Louise 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 from the University of New South Wales. Her 1992 Masters thesis was titled "Media Segmentation in the Australian Women's Magazine Sector".

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. In August 2012 Fox was a keynote speaker at the Inaugural Australasian Women in Business Law Awards, held in Sydney.
Fox commenced her freelance career in early 2013, and has presented at conferences and writers' festivals. She has been a regular contributor to Women's Agenda.
Fox has spent more than twenty years advocating for gender equality and is a director of the . For International Women's Day 2017 and 2018, Fox was appointed guest editor of bluenotes. As at May 2020 Fox is an advisory board member and director of diversity at Women & Leadership Australia.
With Jane Caro she is co-host of the "Women With Clout" podcast.

Awards and recognition

Honorary Fellow, Centre for Ethical Leadership at Ormond College, University of MelbourneSeven Myths about Women and Work shortlisted for the 2013 Ashurst Business Literature Prize, Ashurst Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
2017 Walkley Award for Women's Leadership in MediaStop Fixing Women: Why Building Fairer Workplaces is Everybody’s Business shortlisted for the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize.
2018 named one of The Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence in the Diversity and Inclusion category.
Member of the Order of Australia, 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to journalism, and to gender equality and diversity"

Non-fiction

Better Than Sex: How A Whole Generation Got Hooked On Work, co-authored with Helen Trinca, The F Word : How We Learned to Swear by Feminism, co-authored with Jane Caro, 7 Myths About Women and Work,, Stop Fixing Women: Why building fairer workplaces is everyone's business,, Women Kind, co-authored with Kirstin Ferguson,

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,
"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,,
"Ladies, Check Your Privilege" in Unbreakable : Women Share Stories of Resilience and Hope, edited by Jane Caro,