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Newcastle Area, Australia Australia
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I'm a writer and researcher who has worked as a print journalist, sessional academic, communications consultant, newsreader, presenter and media advisor for non-profit organisations.
I'm currently working on a PhD project titled "Communication as aid: Exploring the role and impact of communication in assisting crisis-affected communities". My studies are facilitated by a government-funded Australian Postgraduate Award – a three-year research scholarship granted to students with "exceptional research potential".
To inform the PhD project I conducted an extensive fieldwork trip in 2013, during which I stayed in several refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border and conducted 85 interview...
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