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Photo: Coco Veldkamp

Take a ride around the Australian synchrotron and glimpse the future

Words by Coco Veldkamp

Society
Photo: James Costa

Hormones blocked: thousands rally in support of transgender rights after QLD ban

Video report by James Costa Jerome Des Preaux

Health

What lies beneath? More than a wee problem

Story by Filment Ho

Health
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Sweet tooth: the surprising story of sugar addiction, how it works, who gets hooked, and the high price paid

Story by Xiyan Wang

Health
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No end to pain of unpaid placements for overseas students

Story by Fatemeh Mirjalili

Science
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Astonishing rate of growth in your dental plaque

Story by Velentina Boulter

Culture
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Nine reports but no charges yet from bitterly fought anti-gay conversion laws

Story by Ricky Sproule

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As international student numbers rise, calls for urgent reform on pregnancy health cover

Reporting by Gwen Liu

Health
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Don’t blame it on the sunshine: chemical sunscreen health fears

Words by Ann Khorany

Health

Humanity’s deadliest infectious disease is airborne, rampant and not what you think

Story by Jerome Des Preaux

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Lining up for the mpox jab, a new virus stirs old wounds

Words by Gideon Cohen

Chengdu, China

Living with Anorexia Nervosa

Photo essay by Shuying Liu

Hubei Province, China

On the frontline of COVID in China

Story and Photos by Zhi Xuan

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Waiting in the wings for the lights to come up on hard hit events industry

Story by Ashleigh Barraclough

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

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Society
Benjamin Silvester

‘We apologise for any inconvenience’: Snapshots of a city under viral siege

Stories and images by Benjamin Silvester Jess Cockerill Else Kennedy Fia Walsh Wing Kuang Claire Capel-Stanley Alyssa Herr Bianca Roberts

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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
  • Audio editor: Louisa Lim
  • Video & Photo editor: Liam Cochrane
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  • 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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