Caroline Baum
Encyclopedia
Caroline Baum is an Australia
n journalist
and radio and television broadcast
er.
Born in London on 27 November 1958 to Jewish migrant parents, (Baum's father was born in Austria, her mother in France), Baum attended secondary school in Paris at Lycée Charles de Gaulle, returning to the UK to attend the University of York. On graduating, Baum worked as a writer and researcher for Time-Life Books on a 29-volume series of cook books called The Good Cook, before moving to the BBC, where she worked with Michael Parkinson
and later worked for London Weekend Television on The South Bank Show). She moved with her then-partner to Australia in 1985 and was married soon after.
Baum was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine and worked as Features Editor for the Australian edition of Vogue magazine and was also been the long-term presenter of the ABC TV book program Between the Lines until the program ended in 1998 and worked as an executive producer with ABC Radio National.
In 1995, Baum took leave from the ABC to return to her former employer, BBC TV, working as a researcher / producer on The World on a Plate, a history of food around the world and in 2006, produced and co-wrote her first TV documentary, about Australian writer Arthur Upfield, shown on SBS TV.
Caroline is currently developing a TV series and several writing projects as well as reviewing books, curating and hosting talks, blogging for arts organisations and providing media consultancy.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist
Journalist
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and radio and television broadcast
Broadcast
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er.
Born in London on 27 November 1958 to Jewish migrant parents, (Baum's father was born in Austria, her mother in France), Baum attended secondary school in Paris at Lycée Charles de Gaulle, returning to the UK to attend the University of York. On graduating, Baum worked as a writer and researcher for Time-Life Books on a 29-volume series of cook books called The Good Cook, before moving to the BBC, where she worked with Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
and later worked for London Weekend Television on The South Bank Show). She moved with her then-partner to Australia in 1985 and was married soon after.
Baum was the founding editor of Good Reading magazine and worked as Features Editor for the Australian edition of Vogue magazine and was also been the long-term presenter of the ABC TV book program Between the Lines until the program ended in 1998 and worked as an executive producer with ABC Radio National.
In 1995, Baum took leave from the ABC to return to her former employer, BBC TV, working as a researcher / producer on The World on a Plate, a history of food around the world and in 2006, produced and co-wrote her first TV documentary, about Australian writer Arthur Upfield, shown on SBS TV.
Caroline is currently developing a TV series and several writing projects as well as reviewing books, curating and hosting talks, blogging for arts organisations and providing media consultancy.