January 2, 2019 Japan | journalism | New Format For Living | travel | video DDS

Big family news

I’ve loved working at ABC News, but I’ve resigned from my dream job.

September 5, 2018 abc | ABC News | Australia | brisbane | Japan | journalism | media | short form | video | YouTube DDS

The Aussie school teaching in Japanese

YouTube is not television. But, so much news content on YouTube is taken straight from television and transferred directly to the web. YouTube doesn’t require that videos fit a certain time slot – they can run as long as they deserve to run. With this in mind, an ABC News Digital colleague and I recently […]

January 5, 2016 career | education | journalism | video DDS

How I became a journalist

I’ve been asked too many times to count about how I initially became a journalist. It’s a long story with many twists and turns. Rather than tell it verbally, I thought it was fitting for me as a video journalist, to tell the story using my everyday tools. So, I created this video to answer […]

September 13, 2015 feature | journalism | photography | video DDS

Implanted devices and broken cameras

I officially finished my last shift at APN Australian Regional Media in mid-August, but, I published my last work with the company yesterday.

January 7, 2015 interviews | journalism | Lawrence Grobel | marc maron | mutlimedia | podcasts DDS

The art of the interview

Before I formally studied journalism I hacked my own DIY journalism course by seeking out mentors, reading through online forums and cobbling together a library from the reading lists of journalism courses across the world. I’d then purchase the books on Amazon, read them from cover to cover and then try to apply what I’d […]

October 7, 2012 abc | comedy | correction | journalism | sitcom | video DDS

Listen closely

I’d been eagerly awaiting the second series of Lowdown – the sitcom based around the misadventures tabloid journalist Alex Burchill – ever since the first series aired a couple of years back. Sure, there’s a journalistic link, but the unique brand of humour also appeals to me. So when the first episode of the new […]