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Photo: Stephen Doggett (NSW Health Pathology)

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

Words by Anthony Marsico

Science

Soaring ambition and 3D printing set the pace in our race to space

Words by Peter Quattrocelli

Science

Family of Montague Bus Crash Driver Demand His Release

Video by Jeremy Nadel Lan Wei

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Covering Climate Now: The Citizen joins international reporting project

Words by The Citizen Team

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Diseased and driven out of vanishing habitat, how much more can our koalas bear?

Words by Claire Capel-Stanley

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DISPOSABLE: ‘Freegans’ dive for dinner in the bins

Audio report by Danielle O’Neal Inger Kviseth Jingjie Liu Duolin Li

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Concerns the power of Indigenous programs to save species is being short changed

Words and pictures by Jordyn Beazley

Society

As climate change bites, farmers sow seeds for a new agricultural era

Words by Jack Banister

Science

Is Artificial Intelligence going to put journalists out of their jobs?

Audio by Else Kennedy Shujing Cai

Science

Community grapples with planning for a climate changed future

Words and pictures by Claire Capel-Stanley

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Centre for Advancing Journalism students learn how to fly a drone

Video By Charlotte Grieve

Science

3010: Researcher makes lung cancer breakthrough

Video by Benjamin Silvester

and Jakeb Fair

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Polio’s last stand: Citizen editor shortlisted for Eureka Prize

Produced by The Citizen Team

Science

The herd instinct may become a virtual reality

Words by Danielle O’Neal

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Ready for liftoff, and a future in Australia’s fired-up space program

Audio report by Nicole de Souza

Science

Citizen editor wins 2017 Quill Award

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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: Petra Stock
  • 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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