Andrew Olle lecture: Caroline Wilson speaks out about 'vile sexist attacks'

Journalist hits out at booing campaign against Adam Goodes and says there are still too few women covering sport

The veteran sports journalist Caroline Wilson has spoken about the “vile sexist attacks” that have punctuated her career covering and breaking some of the industry’s biggest stories.

“No kidding, I was led to the kitchen and handed an apron when I arrived at my first football writers’ dinner,” she said in her Andrew Olle media lecture in Sydney on Thursday night. On another occasion, she said, “I was marched out of the changing rooms by two club presidents – one who later apologised saying he thought I was a groupie.”

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