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Coronavirus

Society
Image: Nick Tam

For some, a silver lining as coronavirus sets them on a new path

Story by Stephanie Zhang

Society

COVID burdens courts with a backlog that could take years to overcome

Story by Anthony Marsico

Society
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Sex workers sidelined by double whammy of virus and viral racism

Story by Alyssa Herr

Society

In Shepparton, a model for doing business in dangerous times

Words by Angus Thomson

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Refugee Communities Association of Australia (RCAA)

‘Survivors’: How Melbourne’s refugees mobilised to stop the second wave

Video report by Anthea van den Bergh

Society
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Students exposed to risk of fraud and grooming while learning online

Story by Petra Stock

Health
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In a year of living hygienically, the health case for some good clean dirt

Words by Alyssa Herr

Society
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Pandemic fuels a virulent new strain of racist attacks in online gaming

Words by Wing Kuang

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Zoe Stinson

In dark times, urban birding gave many locked-down spirits wings

Video report by Zoe Stinson

Sport
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Want to bet on it? Bookies cleaning up big wins from lockdown gambling

Words by Dane Heverin

Health

Healthy body, unhealthy mind: When the exercise high is just another low

Video report by Fia Walsh

Health

Aboriginal health services “really got this pandemic by the horns”

Words by Amalyah Hart

Society
Photo: Keyu Guo

Step inside the locked-down lives of Melbourne’s international students

Photography by Jirong Xu Jiayi Meng Ruoyu Zhou Pan Li Jingyi Lai Yongrong Li Jiadong Wu Keyu Guo

Society
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Lockdown lust: How coronavirus is changing sex lives and sex drives

Words by Connor Webster

Society

Zoom and gloom: The loneliness of the long distance funeral

Words by Anthony Marsico

Health

From the pandemic front line, a plea for help engineers a safety bubble

Words by Else Kennedy

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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: Benjamin Silvester
  • Audio & Video editor: Louisa Lim
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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