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Coronavirus

Health
Image: Shutterstock

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

Words by Alyssa Herr

Society
Image: Shutterstock

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

Words by Wing Kuang

Projects
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
Image: Shutterstock

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

Lort Smith manager Serena Horgwith Parker Pretzel. Photo: Suzanne Plazzer Kundevska.

Fears pet profiteers are cashing in on the locked-down and lonesome

Words by Jessica Greenan

Society
Photo: Will Povey

Waiting on tables? Some cafes are in no hurry to resume normal service

Words and pictures by Will C. Povey

Health
Image: Shutterstock

Inside COVID-19 HQ: Late nights, lists of questions and old-school sleuthing

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Society
Photo: Wing Kuang

Through the window: A student contemplates the world in isolation

Words by Wing Kuang

Health
Image: Shutterstock

Chasing a formidable, invisible foe: Recollections of a ‘disease detective’

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health
Photo: Alicia Petresc/Unsplash

As pandemic adds to mother load, calls for more mental health support

Words by Jordyn Beazley

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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: Ashleigh
  • Audio editor: Louisa Lim
  • Video & Photo editor: Liam Cochrane
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Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2024 Journalism Education Research and Training Association Ossie Awards Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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