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Image: Julian Meehan

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

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Society
Image: Julian Meehan

Temperature rising: COVID-19’s lessons for the climate emergency

Words by Fia Walsh

Science
Supplied: Jenna Love

Click here for your virtual girlfriend: Digital intimacy in the age of corona

Story by Josie Hess

Science
Supplied by Lucy Buckmaster

Mother load: How lockdown rebooted the conversation on unpaid labour

Video report by Fia Walsh

Science
Image: Jess Malcolm

As almond orchards blossom, a sting in the tail when busy bees get to work

Words and Photo Essay by Jess Malcolm

Science
Photo: Christina Jingjie Liu

New estimates on the staggering economic hit of climate inaction

Words by Benjamin Silvester

Science

Citizen editor and reporter awarded 2020 Walkey reporting grants

Science

Worrying buzz on the vanishing of honeybees in a changing world

Words by Grace Aicken

Society
Photo: Jack Banister

‘It’s our right to be here’: the Torres Strait Islanders fighting to save their homes from a rising sea

Words and photos by Jack Banister

Society
Supplied

Smuggled lizards of Oz slide through the international police net

Story by Alyssa Herr, Else Kennedy, William Povey, Cai Shu Jing, Fia Walsh and Connor Webster

Science
Supplied: WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Cold-blooded treasures – the illegal traffic in Australian reptiles

Investigation by Stephanie Zhang, Jiameng Lyu Emily Johnson Liam Petterson Yike Cai Lucy Williams

Science
(From left) Scientists Charlie Veron, David Lindenmayer, Michel Mann and moderator Jo Chandler. Photo: Jordyn Beazley

In desperate times, scientists explore desperate measures to save species

Words and pictures Jordyn Beazley

Science
Jack Banister

Beneath modern Melbourne, a window opens into its ancient history

Words and photos by Jack Banister

Projects

Bringing big ideas to life with 3D printing

Video by Jiaqian Chen

Science
Unsplash

Producing a decent drop no doddle as winemakers adapt to changing climate

Words by Jack Banister

Health
Photo: Stephen Doggett (NSW Health Pathology)

Lyme disease in Australia? One tiny tick, one huge controversy

Words by Anthony Marsico

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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: Benjamin Silvester
  • 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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