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Aboriginal health services “really got this pandemic by the horns”

Words by Amalyah Hart

Projects

Nosedive: Fearless to frightened, a young fighter pilot’s terrifying plunge

Audio report by Thomas Phillips

Projects

‘Upset and helpless’: A casualty of cyberbullying epidemic speaks out

Audio report by Wanzhi Deng

Health

From the pandemic front line, a plea for help engineers a safety bubble

Words by Else Kennedy

Health
Image: Shutterstock

Behind the mask, the toll on doctors of a not-so-caring profession

Words by Greg Hall

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

Health
Image: Shutterstock

Help wanted: Not enough of it getting to those in dementia-driven decline

Story by Fia Walsh

Health
Photo: Alicia Petresc/Unsplash

As pandemic adds to mother load, calls for more mental health support

Words by Jordyn Beazley

Society

Generation Lockdown: ‘Three of my four housemates have lost their jobs’

Words by Jordyn Beazley

Society
One Good Street

Neighbourhood watch: Loveliness in the time of coronavirus

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Health
Danger sign at the former Building 164 site. Photo: Else Kennedy

Records unearth new questions on Melbourne University nuclear waste

Words and pictures by Else Kennedy

Health

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

Story by Benjamin Silvester

and Jordyn Beazley

Society
Jack Banister

Coronavirus hits Torres Strait’s traditional fishers as rock lobster market hits rock bottom

Words & photos by Jack Banister

Health
Picture: Mengting Chen

Students stranded in China by outbreak seek semester slowdown

Words by Jack Banister Wing Kuang

Photos by Mengting Chen

Society
Photo: Unsplash

Opinion: The coronavirus is not ‘Chinese’ – don’t racialise this threat

Words by Wing Kuang

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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: Ashleigh
  • Audio editor: Louisa Lim
  • Video & Photo editor: Liam Cochrane
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • 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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