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Ashleigh Wyss

Ashleigh Wyss is a journalist with The Citizen and is the recipient of the 2025 Schiavon Cadetship. She has written for The Canberra Times, The Ballarat Courier, LiSTNR and the Citizen. Ash is passionate about writing stories exploring the intersections between gender, justice and popular culture.

Articles by Ashleigh Wyss

Former Citizen cadet among 2026’s best Australian science writers

Congratulations to: Ashleigh Wyss

Science
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Coots and Pots

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Health
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How slaying dragons can help your mental health

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Society
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“Eating themselves out of house and home”: French Island koalas facing famine

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Culture
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Labubu warning: Why counterfeit toys could be putting kids at risk

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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As Pacific newsrooms struggle to survive, calls for Australian media to amplify Pacific voices

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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Zoe Daniel warns Labor’s ‘pragmatic caution’ risks wasting climate mandate

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Society
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Generation Justice: Young Australians take climate cry for help to UN

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Society
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A gold coin for Victoria’s wildlife: Could a $2 road levy lighten pressure on rescuers?

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Society
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Issue of violence against women largely missing in action in election campaign

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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“It shouldn’t be just me”: Gen Z councillor urges youth power shift

Words by Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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Meeting Gen Z in Menzies: A shopping town of broken dreams

Words by Ellen Cutler Claudia Goundar Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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Down and out in suburbia: Gen Zers are locked in, or locked out

Words by Larissa Sutherland Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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Journalism against autocracy: exiled Russian journalist on the war on press freedom

Words by Ashleigh Wyss

Photos by Shixin Wang

Society
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Nationwide rallies demand urgent action on gendered violence

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
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In dangerous times, journalists obliged to ‘face it head on’, call out misinformation: Guardian chief

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Society

Top honours for The Citizen, CAJ students at national Ossie Awards

Student award winners Molly Frew, Danna Shi Coco Veldkamp Brendan Kearns James Worsfold Georgie Preston Ashleigh Wyss Sam Irvine

Society
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As calls for help escalate, motels not the answer for families fleeing violence, crisis workers say

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Health
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From dog days to golden years: Why aged care homes are opening their doors to pets

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Artificial Intelligence

From Brushes to Bots: Art vs AI

Story and Photos by Ashleigh Wyss Sirui Liang Xuan Cao

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

Culture
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Credits roll as indie cinemas face closure

Story by Ashleigh Wyss