Schwartz Media, Melbourne | March 2024 - Present

• Write the daily newsletter, Post, deciding on stories and angles, ordering the news bulletin, writing copy, and producing email and social media content
• Produced a feature story with photographs about Mongolian herder culture for The Saturday Paper in print and digital
• Take photographs, source and edit images for The Saturday Paper
• Create social media content for Instagram, Facebook, X and Bluesky
• Report audience feedback and data to the editorial team

Inside Indonesia, Melbourne | March 2024 - Present

• Advise the Commissioning Editor to ensure content considers young perspectives
• Review & provide feedback on pitches
• Edit articles
• Source contributions from young writers
• Increase Australian readership & understanding of Indonesian affairs
• Produced a podcast on Indonesian politics and social issues told through the perspectives of young people. Listen to Tetangga here.

SBS Audio, Sydney | October - November 2024 (two weeks)

• Produced an audio feature story on a domestic violence centre for refugee women living in Victoria (listen here)
• Wrote scripts, interviewed & cut grabs for audio news bulletins
• Received training from SBS editors on style guides, code of practice, legal concerns, ethics & voice training
• Shadowed producers of World News & Insight for TV
• Met journalists & producers at 40 years of Dateline celebration

The Canberra Times, Canberra ACT | July - August 2024 (two weeks)

• Wrote articles for print & worked to deadline
• Pitched at editorial meetings
• Interviewed sources
• Asked a question at a press conference with Minister for Finance and Minister for the Public Service, Katy Gallagher, about corruption in government procurement
• Toured the press gallery & media offices in Parliament House

Local Independent News Association, online | April - July 2024

• Completed sub-editing training & mentorship program
• Refined sub-editing skills
• Navigated different style guides
• Learnt how to cut copy
• Developed understanding of ethical reporting & editing

The Swanston Gazette, RMIT Melbourne | February 2023 - March 2024

• Revived RMIT’s independent student-run news publication
• Oversaw website overhaul
• Recruited & mentored a team of student writers
• Sub-editing
• Oversaw the production of two print editions
• Social media promotion
• Created budgets & managed funding
• Initiated partnerships
• Wrote an explainer article about the Voice to Parliament

 ACICIS Journalism Professional Practicum, Jakarta | January - February 2023

• Attended classes & seminars with leading media professionals in Indonesia
• Shadowed the Amnesty International Indonesia Campaigns Team
• Attended meetings with local NGOs & a focus group discussion with victims of past human rights abuses
• Researched human rights in Indonesia & the complex political climate
• Produced a stakeholders analysis of potential Australian partners
• Volunteered as an ACICIS Social Media Ambassador