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Can two dozen subs reverse the rot?

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By Trina McLellan Downsizing has done few favours for Australia’s newsrooms. In fact, it has been a wicked joke that became a self-fulfilling prophecy. While it might satisfy bean-counters and […]

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Steer clear of costly social media stings

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Why you should be careful about what you post about others by Trina McLellan | Reporting4Work | March 25, 2019 WHEN someone publishes derogatory or false statements about another living […]

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Open letter to Egypt re inexplicable jailing of journalists

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TO: Mr Omar Metwally Mohamed Tawfic Metwally, Egypt’s Ambassador to Australia FROM: Trina McLellan Journalist and educator, Queensland Australia RE: The wholly unfounded conviction of Australian journalist Peter Greste and […]

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Journalism, Opinion

Fire risk back on the radar around Albany Creek

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A SHORT VIDEO TO WATCH AFTER several months of exceptionally dry weather, our district – like many others across Queensland – is again on a heightened bushfire watch. Living adjacent […]

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General stuff, Reporting & editing
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The answer, for kitesurfers, is blowing in the wind

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It’s described as an extreme sport, one that combines aspects of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding and gymnastics and there are at least eight different styles for its proponents to tackle […]

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Reporting & editing, Travel
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Exploring some of Moreton Bay’s waterways

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How lucky are we to live near Moreton Bay on south-east Queensland’s beautiful coastline? For those not familiar with our region, the bay itself is immediately east of the state’s […]

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Journalism, Travel
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No Melbourne trip complete without visiting Victoria Market

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One of the real delights when visiting Melbourne’s CBD is to spend time at the colourful, cheap and centrally located Queen Victoria Market. While up here in South-East Queensland we […]

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Travel
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This former penal colony leaves everyone impressed

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It is just a 90-minute drive from Hobart, or about 70 minutes from the city’s airport, but Port Arthur is a world apart from anything you’ll experience elsewhere in Tasmania […]

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Travel
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Southern Ocean’s siren call too strong to ignore

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It might seem a big call, but we’ve both agreed it was the best $100 we’d ever spent on anything in our 50+ years, hands-down, and the perfect way to […]

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Travel
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Self-regulation clock has been ticking down

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(This opinion piece, originally written in 2003, has proved eerily prescient as the debate on media reforms rages here and abroad a decade later. It was written after the first […]

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Opinion
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Bull ‘mafia’ celebrates key milestone

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MELBOURNE, April 4, 2013: Between them these five men can boast more than 200 years as iconic Australian news image-makers and photography is well and truly embedded in their lineage. […]

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Journalism
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Royal commission presents challenges for Australia’s newsrooms

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SLATED to run at least three years, with an interim report due in mid-2014 after initial public hearings, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse presents Australian […]

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Reporting & editing, Research, Training for journalists
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On the road: Maldon Easter Parade

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Easter Monday this year was spent very differently, thanks to the good folk of Maldon in central Victoria. At 10.30am sharp, the town’s sizeable annual Easter Parade got under way […]

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Journalism
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Is Australia surrendering its egalitarianism?

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TWO very close friends are off on an extended European holiday later this year and last week asked, via email, whether there was any truth in a rather alarming article […]

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Opinion

How do you confront trauma in non-fiction writing?

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It’s been quite a while since I last posted here, but full-time work at a busy consultancy has kept me otherwise engaged. However, this weekend I presented to a wonderful […]

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General stuff, Journalism, Reporting & editing, Research, Training for journalists

20 years on from a senseless massacre, what has our media learned?

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by Trina McLellan _____________________________________________ TRIGGER WARNING: Specific news and current affairs coverage of multiple-death crimes, including Australia’s 1996 massacre in Tasmania and Norway’s 2011 killing rampage in and around the […]

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Journalism, Opinion, Reporting & editing

Let’s talk about four ‘r’ words

August 13, 2015by reporting4work Leave a comment

racism: (1) the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to […]

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Opinion

Don’t just sit there and grumble, Mabel, have your say!

August 13, 2015by reporting4work Leave a comment

Many older Australians say they are deeply unhappy about issues and changes that impact their lives or the lives of their loved ones but about which they have had little […]

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Opinion

Look beyond veils to discover women of substance

February 2, 2014by reporting4work 2 Comments

What is it like to wear a hijab, the veil covering so widely worn by devout Muslim women? I’ve asked a friend this question on more than one occasion, along […]

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Journalism

Military lawyer battles tide of discrimination

January 31, 2014by reporting4work Leave a comment

Rabia Siddique’s story is unique, stunning, sad, brave and compelling simultaneously. In her 2013 book, Equal Justice, Siddique chronicles her “journey as a woman, a soldier and a Muslim”, roles […]

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Book reviews

All hail the sweet survivors of a sweltering summer

December 28, 2013by reporting4work Leave a comment

You know when summer has set in where we live in south-east Queensland. In the aftermath of protracted Christmas celebrations, the crickets are now nearly deafening in the surrounding bushland, […]

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