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Transport

Society
Photo: Michael Saliba

Experts nix viral ‘party line’ train route proposal

Story by: Michael Saliba

Business
Source: Grace Gooda

Brothel owner vows to go ‘harder’ despite ad complaints

Story by: Grace Gooda

Society
Source: Supplied by Wolter Kuiper

Melbourne’s resilient rail trails: An alternative path in a city built for motorists

Story by: Siena Kinkela

Society
Image: Sophie Sewell

New bike lanes put the squeeze on inner-city cyclists

Story by: Sophie Sewell

Business
Image: Ruijie Tang & Peiyao Xu

Taxi trial tension at Melbourne Airport

Video report by Ruijie Tang Peiyao Xu 

Society

Seven years too long to wait for tram

Video report by Angelina Maroulis

Society
Photo: Kristian Oka Prasetyadi

Noticed whose Myki gets checked? International students do, and they’re not convinced it’s always random

Investigation by Filment Ho

Politics

Fares unfair: high travel costs unwelcome burden for overseas postgrads

Story by Kristian Oka Prasetyadi

Society
Shutterstock

Battle of the bollards: Bike lanes to be removed in Pascoe Vale

Video report by Timothy Evetts

Society
Photo: Shutterstock

On the road to nowhere, come on inside

Words by Michael Jeong

Politics
Jason South/ The Age

The breathtaking state of truck pollution in Melbourne’s west

Words by Sasha Gattermayr James Costa Jade Murray Helena Morgan

Society

Crowds, chaos and congestion grow as Melbourne faces up to infrastructure challenges

Photos by Yingxuan Li

Science

Soaring ambition and 3D printing set the pace in our race to space

Words by Peter Quattrocelli

Business
University of Melbourne Graduate Students Association

Fares fair? Postgraduate students protest lack of Myki concessions

Audio by Chenturan Aran Grace Aicken

Society

Falling out of love on the Number 6

Words by Ayeesha Cain

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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  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
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