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Adele Horin Prize Winner and UTS Journalism/Law student Stephanie Tran is interning with Guardian Australia from March 2022.

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Stephanie is the 2022 winner of the Adele Horin Prize. She is studying a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)/Bachelor of Laws at UTS. 
In 2021, she was a finalist for the Walkley Student Journalist of the Year award and the winner of the Democracy's Watchdogs prize for student investigative journalism for her "State Capture" investigation. Stephanie has written extensively about political donations and hopes to dedicate her career to public interest investigations.
Here are Stephanie's insights from the first week and last week of her internship with Guardian Australia in April/May 2022. 

 

First week at Guardian Australia

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At the end of my first week at The Guardian, I still can’t believe how lucky I am. Learning from and working alongside some of Australia’s most respected journalists that I’ve admired for years is truly a surreal experience. 

I was fortunate enough to train alongside the cadets, including last year’s Adele Horin prize winners Rafqa Touma and Natasha May. (You can read about their internship experiences here.).

Throughout the week, we underwent an intensive practical training program with AAP journalism trainer Richard Lawson. From writing engaging introductions to effectively conveying complex information, we were taught the basics of what makes a well-written news story. 

Here are some key takeaways from the training sessions:

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  • Look for the human angle in stories: people care most about how the story affects them, so where possible, try to bring in the stories of those affected by an issue.
  • As journalists, we need to be across the news cycle: read widely, engage with agenda-setting morning news, current affairs programs, and breaking news on Twitter.
  • News writing should be specific, emphatic, and concise: where possible, use fewer words rather than more, avoid long clunky sentences as they will bore the reader.
  • Introductions should draw the reader in and keep them wanting more: let the facts come first and try to keep introductions to one thought. The aim is to orient the reader and make them want to read on.
  • When interviewing sources, be a human first and a journalist second: it’s important to establish rapport and let our humanity come through to make sources comfortable with opening-up

Ducking in and out of training sessions and conferences while finding time to research and write stories and juggle uni classes has been a little hectic, but I’m looking forward to what the next few weeks bring!


​Final week at Guardian Australia

 The Guardian’s coverage of the election is incredibly diverse with articles on climate change, cost of living, government integrity, pork-barrelling as well as local issues. Over the past few weeks I have been fortunate enough to spend time with the news, environment, investigations and data teams.

The mentorship and support I’ve received from journalists as I moved between the different news desks has been incredible. 

The morning news conferences are definitely a highlight. Guardian journalists from across Australia gather in news rooms and over zoom at 9 am every morning to discuss the stories of the day. It's been such a joy to work on stories about issues that I’m passionate about.

Some of the stories I've been working on are about issues ranging from the lack of ambulances in NSW, the destruction of koala habitat and election pork-barrelling.

21 April 2022: Ambulance Story  
screenshot of online article from Guardian Australia with image of ambulance and headline: "More than 100 Sydney patients left waiting for four available ambulances this week, union says Australian Paramedics Association says demand dramatically outstripping availability as it announces month-long industrial action over staff shortages"
2 May 2022: Submarine Base Concerns (co-written with fellow UTS Journalism student Khaled Al Khawaldeh)  
screenshot of online article from Guardian Australia with image of submarine at sea and headline: "Planes, trains, automobiles … and nuclear subs: the local issues at play in the federal election"
5 May 2022: Koala Habitat Story 
screenshot of online article from Guardian Australia with image of koala and headline: "Wildlife activists make 11th hour plea to save koalas before Victorian blue gums logged; State government rejected proposal to relocate endangered animals in Gordon plantation despite concerns for their safety"
10 April and ongoing throughout the 2022 Federal Election Campaign: Election Promise Tracker  
screenshot of online article from Guardian Australia with cartoon image of pig in a barrel and headline: "Pork-o-meter Tracking Australian election promises"

Read about previous interns' experiences at Guardian Australia:

'The Good Life: a Guardian internship' by Natasha May (2021)
'Tales from the newsroom: a student journo at The Guardian' with Amaani Siddeek (2020)

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