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Culture

Politics

ASEAN leaders failing dismally on human rights, say campaigners

Culture

Artistic collaborators imagine cities a world away

Audio report by Buffy Gorrilla

Culture

Getting a taste for competitive eating

Words and pictures by Buffy Gorrilla

Culture

Festival done, and ever so slightly MIFF’d

Analysis by Anders Furze

Culture

MIFF notebook: of decadence, PR shills and all that’s good about film

Words by Anders Furze

Culture

More women artists lighting up Fitzroy streetscape

Words by Buffy Gorrilla

Culture

The long, slow death of the CD . . . where is it at?

Culture

What to see at this year’s MIFF

Words by Anders Furze

Culture

Time to make a difference on diversity, say filmmakers

Words by Bess Maria Zewdie

Society

New app to help primary school children call out discrimination before it takes hold

Words by Krati Garg

Culture

That sinking feeling . . . public art and its uncertain future

Society

A long way from home: how universities could better support foreign students

Audio report by Jack Kilbride

Culture

‘Scorsese’ a blockbuster making an exhibition of itself

Review by Anders Furze

Culture

The Asia-Pacific dreams up its own Eurovision

Audio report by Liam Clark

Culture

Rule one, no spewing: chocoholics put to the test in button binge

Audio report by Buffy Gorrilla

Culture

Writers signing on for greater diversity on stage and screen

Words by Candice Kortlever

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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: Jack Banister
  • Audio & Video editor: Louisa Lim
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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