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Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals

January 21, 2020

By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New York and became a household name, Catherine Hay Thomson arrived at the entrance of Kew Asylum in Melbourne on “a hot grey morning with a lowering sky”. Hay Thomson’s two-part ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/hidden-women-of-history-australian-undercover-journalist-in-hospitals/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals">Read more</a>

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Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press

March 12, 2019

By Shailendra Singh in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s recent 50th anniversary marked 30 years of existence for its regional journalism programme. In an eventful journey, the programme weathered military coups, overcame financial hardships and shrugged off academic snobbery to get this far. The programme started in Suva in 1988, with Commonwealth funding, ... <a title="Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/12/journalism-education-at-usp-a-30-year-struggle-for-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press">Read more</a>