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Image: Jordyn Beazley/The Guardian

‘Set up for failure’: Bush GPs frustrated by ‘chaotic’ locum system

Story by Jordyn Beazley

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Councillors not drowning, shouting, over Reservoir pool development

Story by Timothy Evetts

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Freedom fighters or glory seekers? Rebels for another country’s cause

Explainer by Sean Ruse

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Mike Bowers/Guardian Australia (with permission)

‘We don’t feel it’s safe’: The systemic failures in rural healthcare

Story by Jordyn Beazley

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CAJ ‘Uncurated’ podcast wins silver trophy at New York Radio Awards

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Photo: Petra Stock

Paper cuts: Why daily newspaper deliveries have become a lottery

Words by Petra Stock

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Truth-telling begins on the long road to Indigenous justice and healing

Story by Meghan Dansie

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Melbourne Press Club

Hat trick! Citizen reporter wins Student Journalist of the Year

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Taking Stock: The Citizen welcomes new cadet reporter

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UniMelb journalism students shortlisted for Quill award

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Hulk pressure: The bulking crisis consuming young men

Story by Harry Sekulich

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How action can work as a powerful antidote to climate despair

Podcast by Clancy Balen Thomas Phillips Mengjie Cai Jordyn Beazley

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‘Please tell me again – where did he hurt you?’

Story by Carla Bennett

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Citizen reporter wins coveted Michael Gordon Journalism Fellowship

Grant awarded to: Jordyn Beazley

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Photo Essay: Harry Sekulich

When lockdown gives you lemons

Photographic Essay by Harry Sekulich

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Alternative realities: Worlds within worlds in the palm of a hand

Photographic essay by Jiaxi Zhou

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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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