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Roget’s Thesaurus

There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

My collection of books, newspapers and other stuff has been growing very satisfactorily, despite the hopes of executives who introduced hot-desking.

  • Tony Wright

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Eryk Bagshaw talks to voters in Taiwan who are concerned about the threat of China to their democratic traditions.

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The Age Good Food Guide 2023 editor Roslyn Grundy (centre) with Josh O’Brien (left) and his partner Omar Viramontes, whose Ferntree Gully cafe Lorna was awarded Cafe of the Year.

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The Age investigative reporter Charlotte Grieve

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National news blogger Broede Carmody

A day in the life of national news blogger Broede Carmody

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  • Broede Carmody
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The Age’s health editor Aisha Dow

Behind the scenes: Aisha Dow on The Age’s triple-zero investigation

Early this year, I did something I’ve rarely, if ever, done during my time as a journalist. I messaged some of my family and told them something about a story that wasn’t ready to be published.

  • Aisha Dow
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

What’s made headlines so far in 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new Australian government, the sudden death of a cricket legend... Having just passed the halfway point, we look back on how we’ve reported on some of the biggest news events of the year.

  • Orietta Guerrera
Record-breaking floods have driven home the cost of climate change.

Behind the scenes: Investigating the 2022 Lismore floods disaster

Earlier this year the biggest flood in recorded history hit Lismore and its surrounding region. Our visual stories team and senior news reporters pieced together the events leading up to the disaster, ultimately revealing authority failures and missteps. Data journalist Pallavi Singhal explains how the ‘Lismore deadly deluge’ project was produced.

  • Pallavi Singhal
Anthony Galloway on the front line in a village east of Kyiv.

Behind the scenes: Reporting from the frontline in Ukraine

National security correspondent Anthony Galloway spent 21 days in Ukraine with photojournalist Kate Geraghty in the early weeks of Russia’s invasion. Here, he writes about the preparation that goes into such an assignment and the importance of telling the stories of the people whose once ordinary lives have been shattered.

  • Anthony Galloway

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