Thirty years after reporting from Rwanda, one image still haunts Helen Vatsikopoulos
As SBS’s foreign affairs show Dateline marks its 40th year on air, a former reporter reflects on one of history’s worst tragedies.
- by Neil McMahon
Latest
Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism
From Labor in Power in 1993 to the just-wrapped Nemesis, the four series on eight Australian prime ministers is a monumental achievement, one only the ABC could or would do.
- by Neil McMahon
Growing influence for tennis podcast with a point of social conscience
Three British tennis nuts have become popular and influential for hosting a podcast that often focuses on what happens off the court, such as gender equality, racism, war and mental health.
- by Neil McMahon
Yes, queuing for your morning coffee can be chaos, but spare a thought for the barista
I’ve often watched a barista in full flight in the caffeine peak hour and thought it looked like the worst kind of hell, as workplaces go.
- by Neil McMahon
Opinion
Australian Open
Australian Open, we love you. But you need to calm down
The joy of Australia’s greatest major event is starting to fade with unrelenting crowds and a “dynamic” pricing system that’s dynamically prohibitive.
- by Neil McMahon
Pace yourself, stock up: Surviving the tennis from your lounge room
Let’s go to the Open — if not in person, then via the couch, and that means a two-week viewing marathon for which we need to be prepared.
- by Neil McMahon
Welcome to the New Year’s Eve we all missed: NYE TV wrap
The ABC asked its New Year’s Eve viewers to put on their party shoes, leave their grumpy hats in the cupboard, keep their minds open – and let the music take over.
- by Neil McMahon
Analysis
New Year
The stories that shone some light in the darkness of 2023
This was, in so many ways, a horrific year. Thank God for the Tillies.
- by Neil McMahon
Updated
Melbourne radio
After more than three decades on air, Neil Mitchell hangs up the headphones
A self-proclaimed observer of Melbourne, Neil Mitchell has been a ratings juggernaut for decades. Today was his last morning on 3AW. Just don’t call it a retirement.
- by Neil McMahon
I asked AI to conjure a recipe using fridge ingredients, and now I make it on repeat
Neil McMahon asks AI to come up with a recipe based on the contents of his crisper. The result is terrifyingly good.
- by Neil McMahon
Warnie, Roger, Novak or Boon: Which athlete is your extreme couch snacking spirit animal?
With the Ashes, Wimbledon and the Tour de France keeping many of us up to the wee hours, the big question is – what to eat and drink to stay awake?
- by Neil McMahon
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