My CV

Awards and Recognition

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For Flora Fauna Fire

• 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.

 

Experience

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Victorian Opera (2024)

• Content editor

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The Geological Society of Australia (2024)

• Editor in chief, The Australian Geologist (TAG)

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The Conversation Australia (2019-2023)

• Deputy environment and energy editor

• Deputy politics and society editor

• Commissioning editor

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Art Thy Neighbour  (2019-2020)

• Editor and founder 

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The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) (2017-2019)

• Communications officer and magazine editor
   

Cosmos Magazine (2016-2017)

• Freelance science reporter

 

Herald Sun (2017)

• SEO producer

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Speaking engagements

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Panel host

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

• The Melbourne International Film Festival: World premiere of the documentary Franklin (August 2022)

• The Melbourne International Film Festival: Screening of the documentary Fire Front (August 2022)

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Guest speaker

• RMIT: Lecture on framing environmental issues for different audiences (April 2020)

• RMIT: Tutorial on freelance journalism

• The Geological Society of Australia: Science communication workshop for the National Rock Garden (2024)

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Time in Edinburgh (2023)

• Whisky tasting guide

• Ghost tour guide

• Visitor Assistant at the National Galleries of Scotland

• Freelance writer