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I was about to get married. Then my phone exploded with calls from one person
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I was about to get married. Then my phone exploded with calls from one person

He called four times in four minutes. It must be important, I thought – but I’d sworn to myself I wouldn’t answer my phone. Not today, of all days.

  • by Nick McKenzie

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We gave a celeb a ‘halo’ on this magazine cover. Then came the social media pile-on
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We gave a celeb a ‘halo’ on this magazine cover. Then came the social media pile-on

As journalists, we dish it out and we take it. We can’t – and shouldn’t – complain. But I’d be lying if I said this story didn’t shake me.

  • by Katrina Strickland
A war raged outside and IS militants lurked in the darkness. Then our fellow Aussies turned on us
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A war raged outside and IS militants lurked in the darkness. Then our fellow Aussies turned on us

Heavy artillery was firing when two nervous American soldiers came to the tent with bad news. It’s a war zone story I’ve always itched to tell, and still infuriates me six years on.

  • by Michael Bachelard
I’ve written more than 5 million words on crime. But one story taught me good can trump evil
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I’ve written more than 5 million words on crime. But one story taught me good can trump evil

The case against Peter Dupas was strong, but not strong enough for charges to be laid – then one of the fresh investigators made a phone call more in hope than expectation.

  • by John Silvester
Why one small detail in my story about a murdered woman still haunts me
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Why one small detail in my story about a murdered woman still haunts me

Some of the hardest things I’ve done as a reporter have involved conversations with mothers. But there was one mum I let down.

  • by Melissa Fyfe
A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke
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A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke

Everyone in Rwanda knew travelling after dark was inviting trouble. I’d taken a risk for a trivial reason, and now a large man with an assault rifle was at the window of the car, making demands.

  • by Tony Wright
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I went for a walk in the footsteps of a killer – then cried at my desk
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I went for a walk in the footsteps of a killer – then cried at my desk

Days after the Bourke Street massacre, my editors gave me a simple, but important assignment. Among the flowers and candles, the story of a tragedy revealed itself in unexpected ways.

  • by Chip Le Grand

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