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Rania Spooner
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Health editor
, The Age, Fairfax Media
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Melbourne,
Australia
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A passionate communicator and investigator with eight years experience in daily journalism working for Australia's most prestigious mastheads The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. Can relocate from August 2017. Looking for short or long term contracts. Experience advocating for women's rights. |
 Contact Rania Spooner
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Area of Expertise: |
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
The Age, Melbourne, VIC —Health editor
JANUARY 2017 - JUNE 2017
Led key team for prestigious Australian daily metropolitan newspaper The Age and it’s website theage.com.au, assigning stories and managing content.
Steered enterprising data projects, rapid coverage of major breaking news events and in-depth reporting of issues including superbugs, vaccination rates, violence against health workers, care affordability and state and federal policy.
Sourced and wrote exclusive news stories, working with industry experts in graphics, photographic and video to bring content to life online and in the newspaper.
Built relationships with government, industry and the community.
Collaborated with interstate editors and tailored news content nationally for Fairfax Media’s other mastheads, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, Canberra Times and WAToday.
The Age, Melbourne, VIC — Health reporter
JANUARY 2016 - JANUARY 2017
Transformed complex medical research and government reports into accessible and engaging news content.
Filed accurate, clean, well crafted copy to tight rolling deadlines for The Age and SMH newspapers and websites.
Built reputation for honing in on the powerful human story or the damning hidden line item beneath a web of data and spin.
Fostered strong relationships with contacts and whistleblowers that drove exclusive agenda-setting reports.
The Age, Melbourne, VIC — Crime reporter
JULY 2013 - JANUARY 2016
Used investigative tools and contacts to expose financial and underworld crime; and get ahead of the competition during a breaking news event.
In depth coverage of social justice and crime issues.
Was the go to reporter for high pressure, remote and unpredictable news jobs such as the search for missing flight MH370, bushfires, shootings and terror attacks.
Brought about a government review of Victoria’s public transport ticketing system with campaign-style coverage utilising whistleblower claims.
Drove crime investigations using court database searches and data requests, property title, number plate and business searches.
Ran workshops on how to use Facebook, Twitter, social search engines, and other tools to gather and verify information.
WAtoday, Perth, WA — Courts and crime reporter
2012 - JULY 2013
Fairfax Media, Perth, WA — Business and mining reporter
2011 - 2012
Worked with Fairfax’s BusinessDay team to cover Western Australia’s mining and resources sector for a national audience, filing several stories a day online, as well as to the newspapers.
Sourced niche WA business stories for WAtoday.com.au.
Kalgoorlie Miner, Goldfields, WA — Journalist
2009 - 2011
Reported on indigenous affairs; and later business, for Western Australia’s only regional daily newspaper.
Developed strong, respectful relationships with members of the remote Ngnaangjatarra Lands to expose children with no access to education, communities at risk of losing their land rights and Aboriginal deaths in custody.
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Education: |
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Bachelor of Journalism, La Trobe University
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Gender Working Group, The Age
JUNE 2016- JUNE 2017
A key leader behind Fairfax Media's inaugural Gender Working Group, which had overwhelming support among staff and led workplace changes ranging from an internal and external campaign to address the gender pay gap, to forcing the company to sign up to Domestic Violence Leave.
House committee, The Age
2017
Major organiser of highly successful national multimedia campaign - utilising social media, slogans and video - to rally the community to share their concerns about job cuts at Fairfax and subscribe to The Age and SMH to support quality journalism.
Rabelais — News editor and reporter
2009
Instrumental in increasing circulation of La Trobe University’s student-run print and online publication from less than 1000 to more than 18,000.
ANU Women’s Group
2004
Orchestrated a series of successful campaigns targeting sexual health, sexual violence on campus and drink spiking.
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
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Years of Experience:
5-10 years |
Highest Qualification:
Bachelors |
Languages:
English |
Nationality:
Australia
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