local news reporting
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Strong community networking and relationship building
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Highly attuned to local events, issues, and emerging stories
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Accurate note-taking and real-time quote transcription
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News photography and visual storytelling skills
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Confident communicator
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Fast and efficient typist
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Reliable deadline management
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Sensitive storytelling in emotionally complex situations
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Fact-checking and verification practices
camera confidence
HOUDINI CREEK, GRACEBURN HORROR
When Healesville's Graceburn River faced an unplanned 'blockage' many iconic creeks dried up. I saw the opportunity to take footage and gather information to pass on to the news team, although the coverage naturally
resulted into me taking many videos, consulting with the community and seeing much of the problem first hand.
PLATYPUS BREEDING GROUNDS THREATENED BY DISAPPEARING
CREEK IN HEALESVILLE
Healesville locals were shocked at the sudden evaporation of major creek lines throughout the town. Graceburn River, which runs through the well known Queen’s Park, flows behind many residential houses along Wallace Parade, and through nature reserves along the Yarra Valley, was unable to be seen over the weekend. The drying of the creeks is a major concern to not only human residents, but to our many species of wildlife too.
HEALESVILLE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT,
AND THEY'RE MAKING ART AGAIN
Healesville’s Living & Learning Centre held a free community workshop on Sunday 1st of February, for the town's youth
(ages 15 to 25) to ‘Be like Banksy’ and connect to their creative selves, with a focus on stencil development & spray painting during the first of four workshops.
This free community project will hopefully develop into a permanent alley-way exhibition on one of Healesville’s alley walls, in the hopes of bringing some more colour, connection and fun, for both locals and tourists that pass through.
“The program is called 'Be Like Banksy’ simply because it sounded catchy and he’s a great artist.
We really just want for you to be like you, be like yourself” - Paul Sonsie
Dusty, 17, creating their first artwork with the projector
Dusty's Artwork
Affectionately known by many names,
this hidden stretch of road, 'Dinosaur Drop',
Resides at the top of Don Road, right before Mount Donna Buang.
Many locals use this road as a back way into Warburton or Don Valley, unless closed and restricted during winter months by the Yarra Ranges Council, due to icy road conditions.
As soon as rain turns into snow, the road becomes chained and bouldered, not even the highest four-wheel drives can climb up over the man-made wall of rocks and into the snowy mountain.
While the edge of the road is protected now by an iron guard rail, it is evident that the rail was only introduced as an afterthought or after consequence...
"I often find that stories find me, even without me trying."
As I have studied both writing and criminology prior, but 2026 I will be
studying a Diploma of Journalism at
Griffith University.
My work, personal projects, and lived experiences have consistently placed me at the centre of complex and real opportunities. These experiences have shaped a resilience, curiosity, and sense of responsibility that naturally align with a career in journalism, something that has propelled me further, excitedly, into this journey.
Reporting feels innate to me.
I actively follow local events and emerging issues, and I’m constantly refining my skills
in note-taking, photography, quote accuracy, and real time observation as stories unfold.
