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Rebel yell on streets of Melbourne as climate activists fight extinction

Photos by Liam Petterson

Society

Chinese professional shoppers empty Australian shelves of baby formula

Video by Jiaqian Chen Chang He

Society

‘No Trees, No Treaty’: Djab Wurrung activists fight Western Highway duplication

Video by Lu Zhang & Fangying Zhou

Politics
Louisa LIm

Big Bad China? The New Cold War

Podcast by Graeme Smith & Louisa Lim

Two Citizen journalists receive 2019 Michael Gordon Fellowships

Words by Citizen Team

Society

Geneticists weave possum magic to bring a species back from the brink

Words by Greg Hall

Society
Cici Liu

As temperatures, seas and emissions rise, anxieties are superheating

Words by Mariah Papadopolous

Society
Jack Banister

In wish to muzzle ‘difficult’ media, Cairo and Canberra not so far apart, says Greste

Words by Jack Banister

Science

Covering Climate Now: The Citizen joins international reporting project

Words by The Citizen Team

Society
Claire worries about her baby's future. “She’s not going to have the same carefree childhood I was able to have." Photo: Fia Walsh

Pregnant pause as women ponder life on an unfriendly planet

Words and pictures by Fia Walsh

Society
Picture: Jack Banister

On the land, and staring down the barrel of climate change

Words by Anthony Marsico

Society

A burning question in a warming world. To breed, or not to breed?

Video by Chenturan Aran Rao Yang

Society
Picture: Jack Banister

Marchers highlight the heavy toll of the climate crisis on women and girls

Words and pictures by Jack Banister

Society
Photo: Fangying Zhou

‘The Earth depends on us’: Climate activists taking it to the streets

Pictures by Fangying Zhou, Chenxi Gui, Liam Petterson, Cici Liu, Yahan Tao, Fia Walsh, Fujia Yang, and Christina Jingjie Liu

From the Panama Papers to forbidden stories: Reflections on journalism’s new era of connectivity

Words by Jack Banister

Society

Abortion hits the headlines, and the political becomes painfully personal

Words by Lucy Williams

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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: Preeshita Shah
  • 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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