September 2017 – present. Journalist at The Ararat Advertiser (Australian Community Media, formerly Fairfax Media):
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Building and maintaining relationships with community members, police, politicians, councils, and government bodies.
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Cover breaking news, sometimes with live blogs.
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Writing accurate stories to three daily digital deadlines and twice-weekly print publication
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Cover Magistrates’, County and Supreme court, crime, council, community and sports news, among other beats
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Writing features
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Manage our social media channel (primarily Facebook)
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Allocate relevant stories for our print publication, including front and sometimes back page
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Handle complaints and feedback with minimal assistance
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Photography and video skills for web stories
2017 August-September 2018, Cadet reporter at the Loddon Times (no website) and Gannawarra Times.
- break stories important to the local community across two LGAs
- cover events and produce stories for a tri-weekly deadline
- still and sports photography for articles
- maintain website; devise and manage social media strategy (Facebook, Twitter).
- interview talent, community members, local and state politicians
2017 July-August, intern at ABC 7.30:
- researching stories
- fact checking
- transcription
- developing story pitches
- shadow editors and film crew
2017 Freelance writer/reporter for the Yarra Reporter:
- reporting on local events and issues
- taking my own photos for articles where relevant
- pitching stories and meeting deadlines
2017 Staff writer and sub-editor for Rabelais Student Magazine:
- writing feature pieces for several editions of the magazine
- editing articles submitted by students and guest contributors
- I also wrote the style guide for our editing team
- managing social media
2017 Staff writer for upstart:
- weekly shifts covering hard news events
- writing feature pieces
- sub-editing guest contributions
- writing and posting on social media
- uploading media to the blog and making info-graphics to enrich stories.
2015 Current affairs reporter for 3CR radio:
- sourcing stories
- interviewing talent
- recording and filing packages to a weekly deadline
- light social media promotion.