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Image: Anna Raimondi

The Richmond relic where video rentals pay the rent

Story by: Anna Raimondi

Culture
Image: Megan Nicole Yin

Vic govt music funding branded a ‘band-aid solution’

Story by: Megan Nicole Yin

Society
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Phoning it in: The ‘dumbphone’ movement fighting device addiction

Story by: Lily Tuck

Business
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Inside Australia’s new million-dollar LED cinemas

Story by: Michael Saliba

Society
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Upstart journal skewers stodgy scholarship

Story by: Junfei (Verna) Du

Culture
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Melbourne’s emerging designers rewriting the fashion scene

Story by: Navia Naidu

Business
Source: Suyin Chan

Koha cafe provides food and connection in outer Melbourne

Story by: Ruoyu Zhai Jui-Jou Lee

Society
Photo: Michael Saliba

Experts nix viral ‘party line’ train route proposal

Story by: Michael Saliba

Culture
Photo: Yue Wang

In the age of streaming, the Astor Theatre endures

Story by: Junfei (Verna) Du Yue Wang

Culture
Image: Ying Xin

The fan-led events challenging K-pop’s commercial culture

Story by: Ying Xin

Business
Image: Holly Eaglesham

Fitzroy locals rally around pizza joint after complaints

Story by: Holly Eaglesham

Society
Image: Zhenpeng Li and Runru Li

The Chinese diver building a ‘marine community’ in Melbourne

Video report by: Zhenpeng Li Runru Li

Business
Image: Ruijie Tang & Peiyao Xu

Taxi trial tension at Melbourne Airport

Video report by Ruijie Tang Peiyao Xu 

Society
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AI-generated voices threaten creative industry

Video report by Kristina Bai

Business
Image: Juetong Liu

The cost of love

Story by Juetong Liu

Society
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, Wikimedia Commons.

Himalayan fireworks event sparks backlash

Story by: Sihan Ren Di Wang

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THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

  • Editor: Jo Chandler
  • Reporter: Preeshita Shah
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