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Three of Sydney's best storytellers — journalists Chris Masters and Ella-Archibald-Binge, and writer and TV presenter Zoe Norton Lodge — tell us secret stories from the harbour city's history.

From a wharf in Woolloomooloo where the first Anzacs departed in 1914 to a woman's reconnection with the family and culture stolen from her, to the 2000 Sydney Olympics where marching band members dropped like flies. 

This Sydney Stories event was hosted by comedian Rebecca De Unamuno at the Judith Neilson Institute, as part of a collaboration between JNI, Phoenix Central Park and Vivid Sydney.

Listen at JNI is a production of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

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Three of Sydney's best storytellers — investigative journalists Kate McClymont and Amber Shultz, and Jack the Insider columnist Peter Hoysted — take us on a trip through the harbour city's seedy underbelly.

Hear the hilarious story of a botched arson job in the city's eastern suburbs by two incredibly stupid criminals. Relive the murder of boxer Bobby Lee by Australia's first gangster Chow Hayes. Look back on a conversation with a young priest in a Sydney seminary about addressing the crimes of the Catholic Church.

This first Sydney Stories event was hosted by comedian Rebecca De Unamuno at the Judith Neilson Institute, as part of a collaboration between JNI, Phoenix Central Park and Vivid Sydney.

Listen at JNI is a production of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

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The Guardian's Pacific Project launched in 2019 to provide more quality journalism on the region and to give talented Pacific journalists new opportunities to tell stories in their own voices.

Overseeing the project is Pacific Editor Kate Lyons, who has built a network of talented journalists, photographers and filmmakers throughout the region.

Their reporting covers critical strategic, social, environmental, political and criminal issues in the Pacific.

But getting the news out of the region is not easy. Natural disasters, political pressures and technological challenges are common.

JNI's Andrew Griffits sat down with Kate Lyons to discuss the challenges and delights of working on the Pacific Project.

The Guardian's Pacific Project is supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

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SBS started as a radio service in 1975 broadcasting in a handful of languages. Today it broadcasts in more than 60 languages and has recently launched a new 24-hour multilingual news channel and a service to help migrants learn English. JNI's Andrew Griffits spoke with SBS' Director of Audio and Language Content, David Hua, to find out more about the new projects and how the public broadcaster's role has changed over the decades.

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In this innovation highlight, JNI's David Skapinker talks to The Age's social affairs editor Jewel Topsfield and illustrator Matt Davidson about creating 'Jack's Story', an innovative, graphic novel-style story about a teenager struggling with his sexuality and isolation during Melbourne's Covid lockdown.

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The West Australian's Editor-in-Chief Anthony De Ceglie delivered the second lecture in JNI's event series ‘The Editors’ at the Institute's Chippendale headquarters on June 2. Anthony De Ceglie is introduced here by the Judith Neilson Institute's Executive Director Mark Ryan.

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7.30’s chief political correspondent Laura Tingle joined Malcolm Farr for the seventh episode of Inside the Media Scrum. This is the full recording of their discussion, in which they consider the final days of the election campaign, whether the media have covered the campaign well enough, and what Scott Morrison's absence from ABC programs means for journalists and voters.

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The election race has been run and won, and the media's performance has been one of the key talking points throughout the campaign. In the final episode of Inside the Media Scrum, Malcolm Farr and Amanda Copp look back at what the media got right and, in some cases, very wrong. They also ponder the future of campaign coverage and the next moves for those who misread public opinion.

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