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University of Sydney's Media and Communication Department offers undergrad and postgrad journalism units. Student work is published on Salience and our international fellows blog at Parallax.

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Umbanda: visitors from beyond

Umbanda: visitors from beyond

August 4, 2021
A man, a woman and a pug relaxing.

August Podcast: Out Now

August 2, 2021

Producer Jaya Balendra: Ghost Train Fire

July 25, 2021

Vox Pops: Covid passports

July 25, 2021
Haydn Skinner, 91, regularly performs at Carriageworks market. Photo:Instagram@haydnnothidin (Lea Jobson)

Le Cygne: Haydn Skinner and his beloved cello

July 12, 2021
Photo: Lindsey LaMont on Unsplash

Should we entice young women into parliament?

May 29, 2021
A shared path along the GreenWay. Photo: Billy Dahlenburg

Neighbourhood Watch: It’s for the birds

May 26, 2021
COVID-19 shutdowns caused widespread disruption to the arts sector this year. Photo: iStock.com/VTT Studio

‘Like a body-blow’: How will the arts sector recover in 2021?

March 19, 2021
Hotel Sign. Photo: Ana Vieyra (Unsplash)

Nothing to Declare? What about the emotional baggage?

February 25, 2021
Small Axe, Big Tree: Tackling deaths in custory

Small Axe, Big Tree: Tackling deaths in custory

December 15, 2020
Aunty Hazel Collins and Grandmothers Against Removals at a 2014 protest with Greens Leader David Shoebridge. Image supplied: David Shoebridge

Grandmas fight forced removal of Aboriginal children in NSW

December 1, 2020
Time to listen with care

Time to listen with care

November 25, 2020
COVID-19 could “spread like wildfire” in prisons

COVID-19 could “spread like wildfire” in prisons

August 3, 2020
Koala at Port Macquarie Koala Hospital. Photo: Kevin LEBRE / Getty Images / Royalty-free

NSW Koala Inquiry: the fate of populations and habitats after bushfires

July 28, 2020
Clean Slate Without Prejudice training session. Photo: supplied

Fighting for Justice: Indigenous schemes reduce youth crime

July 10, 2020
CARE security guard Bonnie Opiyafo has his temperature checked at a police checkpoint along the Highlands Highway at the border of the Eastern Highlands Province. Supplied: Justine McMahon

Coronavirus lockdowns lead to fears of ‘substantial’ economic impact for our closest neighbour

May 13, 2020
Police officers at a climate change rally, Sydney. Photo: Rose Makin / Shutterstock

Report: Strip-searches of minors unlawful

May 9, 2020
Mareike Bire filming classmate Gabrielle Platt at Tanya Plibersek's election night party. Photo: Bunty Avieson

From Germany with love: A COVID-19 update from Cologne

March 29, 2020
Opinion: Between Brexit and a Hard Place

Opinion: Between Brexit and a Hard Place

February 27, 2020
Slavery in civilised Australia: Dreams of a better life end in tragedy for illegal migrants

Slavery in civilised Australia: Dreams of a better life end in tragedy for illegal migrants

January 9, 2020
Rizcel starring as Pauline, a young ambitious designer, in a recent independent film. (Source: Kevin Shin)

Lights, Camera…RepresentAsian

December 20, 2019
Pig Farmer Ean Pollard stands behind his gate on his property outside Young, Central West NSW. Photo: supplied

The right to squeal: farmers versus activists

December 12, 2019
King Street on a Friday night. Photo: Tim Piccione

Last place open

November 13, 2019
‘Legitimise their right to respond’ insists Justice Action on prisoner pen-pal website

‘Legitimise their right to respond’ insists Justice Action on prisoner pen-pal website

November 1, 2019
Founding member of Nanna Not Napp’n, Jazz Rosewell with granddaughter Apollonia. Photo: Maria Gil

Nannas not napping, climate change is happening

September 23, 2019
Sydney students demand

‘A great and unifying moment’: Sydney students demand action

September 22, 2019
'I’m scared of living in a world without turtles'

‘I’m scared of living in a world without turtles’

September 20, 2019
Scientist Ian Hutton is seeing changes on Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island’s unique treasures flag climate change peril

September 20, 2019
Peter Greste confronted over Assange opinion piece

Peter Greste confronted over Assange opinion piece

September 13, 2019
Election Day. Photo: Yanan Yin

Record votes for USU election but more student involvement needed

July 17, 2019
Program to boost Sydney’s struggling music scene

Program to boost Sydney’s struggling music scene

July 15, 2019
Manly Beach Photo: Cameron Foord

APP to make beaches safer

July 4, 2019
Tanya Plibersek increases her popularity despite Labor’s devastating defeat

Tanya Plibersek increases her popularity despite Labor’s devastating defeat

May 19, 2019
Matthew Thompson with proud mum Nicole. Photo: Maria Gil

Matthew votes with mum by his side

May 18, 2019
Tanya Plibersek snapped with voters at Darlington School booth. Photo: Maria Gil

Tanya votes welcomed with cookies, gasps and smiles

May 18, 2019
Jacqui Munro gets on her bike to vote today. Photo: Cindy Cameronne

Easy Rider: Jacqui bikes around Sydney’s polling booths

May 18, 2019
Sam Crosby and Kevin Rudd dismiss rumours in Burwood. Photo: Wuruo Xu

Fake news war on WeChat

May 17, 2019
Australia can be an environmental superpower says Science Party

Australia can be an environmental superpower says Science Party

May 17, 2019
Sydneysiders protest offshore detention

Sydneysiders protest offshore detention

May 17, 2019
In Conversation with Mark Humphries

In Conversation with Mark Humphries

May 17, 2019
Tanya Plibersek at her desk. Photo: Supplied

Tanya Plibersek: Portrait of a social justice champion

May 17, 2019
Science Party candidate for Sydney Aaron Hammond. Photo: supplied

Sydney candidate pushes for scientific solutions

May 16, 2019
Photo: Yiling Wang

‘Three knives, two faces’: why Labor is losing Chinese voters

May 16, 2019
Manus camp. Photo: Greens MPs

Medevac: will medical evacuations of asylum seekers weaken our borders?

May 16, 2019
Glebe Society candidate forum for seat of Sydney last week. Photo: Pam Walker

Duelling candidates spar at Glebe forum

May 10, 2019
Australia lags on female representation in federal government

Australia lags on female representation in federal government

May 6, 2019
Liberal candidate for Sydney Jacqui Munro. Photo: Mareike Bire

Munro goes full speed in her run for Sydney

May 6, 2019
Tanya Plibersek, Jacqui Munro, Aaron Hammond and Matthew Thompson. Photo: Tim Piccione

Sydney Liberal candidate steps into ‘lion’s den’

May 5, 2019
Greens candidate for Sydney Matthew Thompson. Photo: supplied

Young, unconventional and keen to serve

May 3, 2019
Oxford Street, Sydney

Transgender rights loom as the next battle

May 3, 2019
Adani mine and climate change dominate forum

Adani mine and climate change dominate forum

May 3, 2019
Pemulwuy Project highlights need for affordable Indigenous housing

Pemulwuy Project highlights need for affordable Indigenous housing

May 2, 2019
Elections are no laughing matter but a laugh helps

Elections are no laughing matter but a laugh helps

April 30, 2019
Scientist Ian Hutton

Lord Howe Island’s unique treasures flag climate change for Sydney voters

April 23, 2019
Labor's progressive left lives in Sydney

Labor’s progressive left lives in Sydney

March 28, 2019
Conversations With My Uber Driver

Conversations With My Uber Driver

March 12, 2019
Senator Nick McKim and Abdul Aziz Adam speaking live on Skype. Photo: Mary Hakimi

Manus Island detainees still “completely alone” months after suicide

March 12, 2019

Blak Box from Digital Media Unit on Vimeo.

Blak Box

December 19, 2018
Parents are bearing the brunt of a surge in juvenile domestic violence offending, and experts are calling for earlier, tailored prevention programs and interventions.

Love you and leave you: more parents are becoming trapped by juvenile domestic violence

December 19, 2018
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