Jordyn Beazley
Sydney,NSW
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
General News Reporter
Guardian Australia
03.2023 - Current
- Developed and co-wrote a series on education inequality in Australia
- Developed contacts on criminal justice issues and gained exclusives such as NSW prisons scrapping affordable phone call options
- Broke stories on the NSW government's promises and actions on public housing
Cadet Reporter
Guardian Australia
03.2022 - 03.2023
- Wrote a series on health inequality in rural NSW
- Won the Rural Press Club's Best New Journalist for a story on the lack of healthcare for Pasifika women working under the PALM scheme
- Wrote a number of stories highlighting the impact of cost of living increases on the working poor, including the rising number of working homeless and people turning to Buy Now Pay Later schemes to afford basic goods.
Cadet Reporter
Centre For Advancing Journalism
04.2021 - 02.2022
- Launched and produced a weekly news podcast that won the 2022 Ozpod award for best climate podcast
- Co-wrote and edited a series co-published in The Age that followed the lives of seven Victorians after JobKeeper ended
- Made an audio documentary for the ABC's Science Friction show on using data sonification to examine the health of the Murray River
Pacific Programs Coordinator
Save The Children Australia
03.2020 - 04.2021
- Supported the grant management and implementation of a portfolio of health, education, child protection, and climate change adaptation programs in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Government Relations Coordinator
Save The Children Australia
07.2017 - 03.2020
- Arranged foreign aid program tours for federal government MPs to advocate for an increased aid budget
Education
Master of Journalism -
University of Melbourne
12.2020
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations And Human Rights
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC12.2016
Skills
- Working in high pressure news environment
- Breaking news and feature writing
- Video and audio reporting
- Writing high-quality stories to deadline
- Developing contacts
- Compassionately interviewing vulnerable people
Awards and Grants
- 2022 Rural Press Club award for best new journalist
- 2022 OzPod award for best climate podcast (The Yarn)
- 2022 New York Radio Festival bronze award for best student documentary (The Yarn)
- 2022 Michael Gordon grant for social justice journalism
- 2021 Science Journalist Association grant for early career reporting
- 2019 Ozzie Student Journalist Awards nomination for best student journalist
Timeline
General News Reporter
Guardian Australia
03.2023 - Current
Cadet Reporter
Guardian Australia
03.2022 - 03.2023
Cadet Reporter
Centre For Advancing Journalism
04.2021 - 02.2022
Pacific Programs Coordinator
Save The Children Australia
03.2020 - 04.2021
Government Relations Coordinator
Save The Children Australia
07.2017 - 03.2020
Master of Journalism -
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations And Human Rights
Monash University
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