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Benjamin Silvester

Benjamin is the 2020 Citizen cadet, an aspiring investigative journalist, and graduate of the Master of Journalism at the University of Melbourne. He has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Spanish.

Articles by Benjamin Silvester

Society

How did a man who preyed on children end up advising at the University of Melbourne?

Investigation by Benjamin Silvester

Science
Image: Julian Meehan

Forget 2050, experts say it’s 2030 or bust for net zero emissions

Words by Benjamin Silvester

People

In a big year, 2020 Ossies award honours for The Citizen’s reporters

Honours winners: Kate Wong Jess Malcolm Else Kennedy David Bogi Benjamin Silvester Amalyah Hart

Society
Photo: Mick Tsikas AAP via Twitter

From the brink of collapse, AAP fights for its life and media diversity

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Projects

In the inhospitable COVID world, service industry casualties pile up

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Projects

For the young, pandemic is latest act in a spiralling tragedy of opportunity

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Science
Photo: Christina Jingjie Liu

New estimates on the staggering economic hit of climate inaction

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Politics
Image: Shutterstock

Textbook used in Victorian schools repeats Chinese government propaganda

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Society
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Exclusive! Scoop! First with the news! Journalism has a plagiarism problem

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Projects

On The Edge: What a warmer future will mean on the south-west coast

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health
Image: Shutterstock

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

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health
Image: Shutterstock

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

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Society
Photo: Shutterstock

Extreme regrets: The long walk back from the badlands of the far right

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

Society
A SCHOOL OF THE AIR student takes class via two-way radio, circa 1960. (Photo: Queensland State Archives/Public Domain/WikiCommons)

Can you hear me up the back? Some lessons in long distance learning

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Society
One Good Street

Neighbourhood watch: Loveliness in the time of coronavirus

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health

A decade on, swine flu legacy shapes Indigenous response to coronavirus

Story by Benjamin Silvester

and Jordyn Beazley

Society
Picture: Jack Banister

Rumbling in the (contracted) ranks of Australia’s most elite university

Story by Benjamin Silvester

Society

Time-travelling in Fitzroy: Stories survive an ever-changing skyline

Photo Essay by Benjamin Silvester

Projects
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Taboo: Leaving behind a pet’s dark past is no walk in the park

Video by Benjamin Silvester

Society

Catholics in Victoria fear for confessional

Video by Benjamin Silvester

Society

‘Perfection’: Can sex robots replace human partners?

Audio report by Benjamin Silvester

Science

3010: Researcher makes lung cancer breakthrough

Video by Benjamin Silvester

and Jakeb Fair

Politics
Image: Benjamin Silvester

Leadership Crisis: Students concerned about PM’s climate policy

Video by Benjamin Silvester

Society
Image by www.flickr.com/photos/cblue98/

Rethinking education for the children of the robot revolution

Audio report by Benjamin Silvester

Society

Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill: The fighters, for and against

Words by Benjamin Silvester