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Communications

Society
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Speaking your mind: How language unlocks personality

Story by: Claudia Goundar

Business
Image: Anna Raimondi

The Richmond relic where video rentals pay the rent

Story by: Anna Raimondi

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

Story by: Lily Tuck

Society
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Upstart journal skewers stodgy scholarship

Story by: Junfei (Verna) Du

Society
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AI-generated voices threaten creative industry

Video report by Kristina Bai

Culture

Street preachers: battle of the faiths for Melburnians’ hearts, minds and souls

Story and photos by Kristian Oka Prasetyadi

Culture
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Slick bait: Gloss returns to print as young publishers create new breed of magazines

Story by Sam Irvine

Politics
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In the gun: new AI traffic cameras sting low income Victorians most

Investigation by Sam Irvine

Culture
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Slaughterhouse strive: dire reality for VFX artists behind glamorous facade

Investigation by Ashleigh Wyss Jack Lear

Culture
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Strike that: Hollywood walkouts and the “meat grinder” leave local VFX artists reeling

Investigation by Ashleigh Wyss Jack Lear

Science

Look who’s talking too: parents in Wellington, NZ top baby talk scale

Words by Petra Stock

Society

Good on paper, but subscribers not happy with newspaper deliveries

Words by Petra Stock

Society
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Paper cuts: Why daily newspaper deliveries have become a lottery

Words by Petra Stock

Politics
Historic Ballarat, where communications blackspots take their toll on residents and visitors alike. Photo: Ed Dunens/Flickr

The Ballarat Bugle: Can you hear me? You’ve dropped out. Hello?

Words by Martin Ditmann

Society

The suburban battle for broadband

Audio report by Gillian Aeria

Society

Cryptoparty-goers learning tricks for protecting their data

Words by Andy Hazel

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About The Citizen

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
  • Audio editor: Louisa Lim
  • Video & Photo editor: Liam Cochrane
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrea Carson
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2024 Journalism Education Research and Training Association Ossie Awards Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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