Margot O'Neill

Margot O'Neill
O'Neill in 2001
Born (1958-05-16) 16 May 1958 (age 66)
Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Senior Investigative Journalist (Print, radio and television) Currently at Lateline Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Parent(s)Ray O'Neill (1923-2007),
Gloria O'Neill (born 1924)

Margot O'Neill (born 16 May 1958) is an Australian journalist, writer and producer. She founded Original Thinking Productions, a multi-platform content provider after leaving the ABC in 2019 where she was a journalist for over 25 years.[1][2] O’Neill worked as a journalist for nearly 40 years in television, radio, newspapers and online in Australia and overseas covering politics, national security and social justice issues and has worked on a variety of ABC programs including the investigative flagship program, Four Corners.[3][4][5] O'Neill twice won Australia's Walkley Awards including for Best Investigative Reporting as well as four human rights awards. She also wrote a book called Blind Conscience (UNSW Press 2008) telling the stories of some of the key players in Australia's refugee advocacy movement. It won the 2009 Human Rights award for best non-fiction. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) degree from Melbourne University.[5][6] She was a Journalist Fellow at the University of Oxford.

  1. ^ "ABC's Margot O'Neill shares insights from 30 years of investigative journalism". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Original Thinking Productions".
  3. ^ "Many nursing homes provide inadequate care". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ^ "About Lateline". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. ^ a b "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism - Fellowships Margot O'Neill". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Blind Conscience - Margot O'Neill".