Joanne McCarthy (other)
Joanne McCarthy may refer to: * Joanne McCarthy (basketball), an American basketball player *Joanne McCarthy (journalist), an Australian journalist See also *Joanne McCartney Joanne McCartney is a British barrister and Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician. Since 2004, she has served as a member of the London Assembly, representing Enfield & Haringey. Following the election of Sadiq Khan as Mayor of Lond ...

Joanne McCarthy (basketball)
Joanne McCarthy (born October 26, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. Personal life McCarthy was born near Chicago, Illinois, to a Catholic family of Irish, German, and Polish heritage. She is the third of four sisters: Lynette, actress/model Jenny, and Amy. College athletic career McCarthy set the University of Illinois-Chicago career scoring and assists records in 1997. As of 2020, McCarthy still holds the career record for points, and is third in assists. UIC statistics Source Professional athletics She was drafted with the first pick of the fifth round of the 1998 American Basketball League draft by the Chicago Condors The Chicago Condors were a very short-lived member of the American Basketball League (ABL). Their hometown was much larger than usual for the ABL, which mainly targeted mid-market cities, and initial team merchandising was successful. The team a .... She played for the Condors during the 1998 season, playing six games. Note ...
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Joanne McCarthy (journalist)
Joanne Maree Therese McCarthy is an Australian investigative journalist. Working for ''The Newcastle Herald'', McCarthy wrote more than 1,000 articles on Catholic Church child sex abuse cases in the Hunter region. McCarthy's journalism was a decisive factor in Julia Gillard's decision to announce the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Life and career The oldest of 11 children, McCarthy grew up in a Catholic family and attended Catholic and public schools. Following a brief period of working as a nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, she began her journalism career with a cadetship at the ''Gosford Star'' in 1980 before moving to the ''Central Coast Express Advocate''. In 2002, she joined ''The Newcastle Herald''. ''The Newcastle Herald'' journalist Jeff Corbett had been reporting on the Catholic Church scandals around Father Vincent Ryan and Father Jim Fletcher. Following Ryan's conviction and sentencing in 1996, Corbett wrote that "The ...
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