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Courier Ballarat reporter Ashleigh McMillan
What is your history in the journalism industry? After finishing my high school education at Ballarat Grammar in 2012, I went to RMIT and...
Sep 17, 20194 min read


Photographer Penny Stephens
How did you become a photo journalist? It took me a little while to get into the field after doing a diploma in photography, as there are...
Sep 16, 20193 min read


Harrison Tippet, award-winning Geelong Advertiser journalist
What initially drove your passion for journalism? Was it something you had your heart set on from a young age? Both of my parents were...
Sep 16, 20193 min read


ABC News Breakfast national sports presenter, Paul Kennedy
Q: How did you get your start in the Journalism industry and what inspired you to go down that path? A: Basically, I was good at reading...
Sep 14, 20194 min read


Alana Schetzer, ABC News and freelance journalist
Your career as journalist has spanned almost 13 years. Has it always been your first career choice? I actually didn’t study journalism. I...
Sep 14, 20194 min read


The New Daily science editor, John Elder
How did you get into Journalism? When I was at school in Sydney’s western suburbs in the early 70’s the career counsellor told me that...
Sep 14, 20193 min read


Sports journalist Melissa Haase
What made you want to become a journalist? I always wanted to be a journalist. There is a funny picture of me when I was in about grade...
Sep 14, 20194 min read


James Arbuthnott, cadet at the Campaspe News and Kyabram Free Press
What was it that made you want to become a journalist? I always enjoyed reading to get a better understanding of people and the world....
Sep 14, 20193 min read


Sugar babies: “like having a girlfriend for a night”
Photo by Darrell Fraser. Pexels Former sugar baby and current Deakin University student Jacolyn*’s venture into “sugar daddy” dating...
Aug 11, 20196 min read


Transgender men “invisible”
Sav Emmet Wolfe, an openly transgender man, 24, works as a games development office manager in Melbourne. Through his social networks, he...
Aug 11, 20193 min read


Women brave injury concerns for the love of AFL
Turning right into a long, pitch black driveway with only one open gate, it’s easy to wonder if perhaps you’ve taken a wrong turn. Then,...
Aug 11, 20196 min read


Mental health funding “a long way from where it needs to be”
In the wake of the Federal election, mental health experts are concerned that Australia’s major political parties are failing to respond...
Aug 11, 20195 min read
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