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Ginger Gorman, Freelance Journalist and Author

Written by Nell O'Shea Carre | Oct 27, 2021 1:00:00 PM

Ginger is an award-winning social justice journalist, author, cyberhate expert, keynote speaker, and TEDx Canberra Speaker. As a freelance journalist she regularly creates stories for news.com.au, Fairfax online, The Guardian, The Big Smoke and the ABC. Ginger also hosts the Academy of Social Science's podcast Seriously Social where experts help us understand everything from our relationships to the economy.  She has recently been appointed Editor of BroadAgenda, Australia’s leading research-based gender equality media platform. 

 

 

Timestamps:

0:00 Ginger’s background in journalism

1:10 Social justice journalism 

1:40 Work schedule of a freelance journalist

2:08 Challenges and joys of investigative journalism

3:40 Research techniques and story sources

5:00 Ginger’s podcast Seriously Social

5:19 The rise and value of podcasting in journalism

6:04 Ginger’s tips for PR specialists

6:34 BroadAgenda gender equality media platform