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Clayton 3168: Lockdown on the strip

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As international student hotspots empty out, housing market reels

Words by Sakshi Agrawal

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Image: Shutterstock

For cultures hit by earlier pandemics, memory triggers instinct to panic early

Words by Connor Amor-Bendall

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Life without a safety net: an international student’s story

Words by Yuhan Zhang

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When the best medicine is patience

Words by Andreas Nicola

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Photo: Benjamin Silvester

In the shadow of a pandemic, a Chinese migrant sees neighbours at their best and worst

Words by Duolin Li

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Photo: Rosalee Kiely

A recipe for surviving a pandemic: luck, timing and reinvention

Words and pictures by Rosalee Kiely

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Photo: Benjamin Silvester

How young Greeks are bringing generations of worshipers together with the click of a button

Words by Anthea van den Bergh

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Photo: Benjamin Silvester

One stubby in four hours: how trade dried up for one small bottle shop

Words by Grace Aicken

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70 days & counting: Surviving lockdown in a suburban retail strip

Words by Rosalee Kiely

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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: Ashleigh
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  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
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