Jane Dutton

Jane Dutton is a South African broadcast journalist, who worked for Al Jazeera English.

Jane Dutton
Born	Jane
Citizenship	South African
Occupation	journalist
Employer(s)	Al Jazeera, eNCA
Notable work	Inside Story

Career

Jane worked with Al Jazeera from September 2005, in the run-up to the launch of the station, until 29 June 2018, when she left to return to South Africa.^[1][2] She was based at the main broadcast-centre, in Doha in Qatar. Due to family commitments, she later specialised in studio-based journalism. She was one of the key anchors at the station and her work ranged from news-reading, to hosting studio-based interview programmes and to voice-overs and continuity. As a news-correspondent, Jane covered stories in the United States, in Europe and in her native Africa, from South Africa to Egypt. As the host of studio-based talk-shows, Jane was a regular host of Inside Story, the daily programme that analyses a topical issue from the news, with the aid of guests from inside and outside the country in question. She was also a host for the weekly programme Inside Syria, that analyses recent developments in the war-torn country.

In July 2018 Jane joined eNCA^[3] presenting her show Tonight with Jane Dutton in the 8pm weekday slot which is broadcast from Johannesburg.

Dutton has faced widespread media criticism for claiming that the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel were justified, due to claimed illegal occupation by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. An interview with Douglas Murray, not reposted by herself, but widely available on social media provides the required first hand source.

Personal life

Jane was educated at St Mary's School, Waverley, Johannesburg. She is the mother of two children.