My CV

Awards and recognition​

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For non-fiction book draft with CSIRO Publishing

• Awarded the 2027 Mick Dark Fellowship of Environmental Writing   

• Awarded the inaugural Noonyara Retreat Writers Fellowship 2026 

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For Boneyards | Fabled magazine 

• Longlist – 2026 Anthology Magazine's Nature Writing Competition 

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For Flora Fauna Fire | The Conversation

• Finalist – 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Science Journalism

• Winner – 2021 Universities Australia Award for Excellence in University Research Reporting, run by the National Press Club.

 

For Skink on the Brink | Australian Geographic

• Selected for inclusion in the Best Australian Science Writing 2025, NewSouth Publishing

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Editorial experience​​

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Author (ongoing)

• CSIRO Publishing: a non-fiction book about bias in Australia’s wildlife conservation. 

• Thames & Hudson: an illustrated children’s book profiling 20 underrated native animals threatened with extinction.
   

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative

• Writer/copyeditor (contract)

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Victorian Opera 

• Content editor

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The Geological Society of Australia 

• Editor in chief, The Australian Geologist (TAG)

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The Conversation Australia 

• Deputy environment and energy editor

• Deputy politics and society editor

• Commissioning editor

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Art Thy Neighbour 

• Editor and founder 

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The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)

• Editor in chief , Focus magazine

• Communications officer 
   

Cosmos Magazine

• Freelance science reporter

 

Herald Sun 

• SEO producer

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Other work

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Panel host and workshops

• Australian Earth Science Convention (AESC) 2026: Ran workshop on communicating science for the media (2026)

• National Rock Garden: Ran workshop on science communication (2024)

• Institute for Economics and Peace: Panel host for launch of the 2021 Ecological Threat Register (October 2021)

• The Melbourne International Film Festival: Panel host for world premiere of the documentary Franklin (August 2022)

• The Melbourne International Film Festival: Panel host for screening of the documentary Fire Front (August 2022)

• RMIT: Guest lecture on framing environmental issues for different audiences (April 2020)​

• RMIT: Guest tutorial on freelance journalism​​

 

Advisory and Board

• Industry Advisory Committee member for RMIT Certificate IV, Professional Writing and Editing 

• Board Director for The Consort of Melbourne 

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2023-2024: Career break in Edinburgh 

• Whisky tasting guide

• Ghost tour guide

• Visitor Assistant at the National Galleries of Scotland

• Freelance writer