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Dr Caroline Graham
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Caroline Graham

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Overview

Background

Dr Caroline Graham is an award-winning investigative journalist who specialises in narrative non-fiction storytelling across both traditional and new media formats, including podcasting, data-driven reporting and longform creative non-fiction. Caroline is the co-author of the Australian bestseller Larrimah (Allen & Unwin, 2021), which was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award, Ned Kelly Award and two Davitt Awards. Caroline is also the co-author and co-producer of the investigative true crime podcast series Lost in Larrimah (The Australian, 2018), which won a Walkley Award, an NT Media Award and was a finalist in the Quills Awards and the Australian Podcasting Awards. In addition to writing feature stories and creative non-fiction for a range of publications (including The Australian, The Weekend Australian Magazine and The Guardian), Caroline has co-authored Writing Feature Stories: How to research and write articles, from listicles to longform (Routledge, 2017). She has received a national Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for her approach to teaching data-driven journalism and has co-ordinated student-authored data-driven investigations for The Guardian, Crikey and New Corp Australia. In 2023, she co-wrote/co-produced the ABC Landline documentary Outback Musical, as well as an accompanying multimedia feature that won a Clarion Award. She has also investigated (for The Australian, 2023) access to education in remote parts of the Northern Territory, supported by a Meta/Walkley Foundation grant for public interest journalism. She also writes fiction, has worked as a consulting producer/script editor on podcast series and has written for or collaborated on a number of hybrid new media or cross-platform projects.

Caroline’s academic research interests centre around the application of journalistic ethics and traditions to emerging media formats, including data-driven reporting methodologies, the ethics of true crime podcasting, the evolution of narrative journalism formats, notions of subjectivity in a new-media landscape, regional, rural and remote reporting and the emerging solutions journalism movement. Through her work on the Larrimah projects, she also has an enduring interest in Northern Territory war and rail history, the myth of the outback, small towns, the Australian identity and missing persons cases. She is open to public-interest collaborations with industry or the not-for-profit sector, as well as cross-disciplinary research and practice opportunities.

Availability

Dr Caroline Graham is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Journalism, Bond University
  • Bachelor of Arts (International Relations and Asian Politics), Bond University
  • Masters (Research) of Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Creative Writing, University of Wollongong

Research interests

  • Narrative non-fiction

    Narrative non-fiction, investigative reporting, longform journalism, podcasting, data-driven reporting.

  • New ethical models for journalism

    Rethinking journalistic ethics in the context of new media formats and genres—from the production of true crime podcasts to data-driven reporting—and the role of the audience in an ethics of consumption.

  • Data-driven reporting

    The context for data-driven journalism, data-driven reporting methodologies, political data-driven reporting, teaching data methodologies.

Works

Search Professor Caroline Graham’s works on UQ eSpace

65 works between 2010 and 2024

1 - 20 of 65 works

2024

Other Outputs

New NT government supports Labor's school funding deal

Stevenson, Kylie and Graham, Caroline (2024, 10 25). New NT government supports Labor's school funding deal The Australian

New NT government supports Labor's school funding deal

2024

Journal Article

‘All by myself’: professional, emotional and ethical isolation for remote Australian journalists

Graham, Caroline, Murray, Richard and Pinkerton, Jennifer (2024). ‘All by myself’: professional, emotional and ethical isolation for remote Australian journalists. Ethical Space, 21 (4), 5-21. doi: 10.21428/0af3f4c0.025e9e7b

‘All by myself’: professional, emotional and ethical isolation for remote Australian journalists

2024

Other Outputs

Larrimah: who killed Paddy Moriarty?

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2024). Larrimah: who killed Paddy Moriarty?. 2nd ed. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Larrimah: who killed Paddy Moriarty?

2024

Other Outputs

Weir report: How the NT system failed child-sex victims

Stevenson, Kylie and Graham, Caroline (2024, 08 24). Weir report: How the NT system failed child-sex victims The Australian 6-6.

Weir report: How the NT system failed child-sex victims

2024

Other Outputs

Mixed messages on NT's attendance-based funding model

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2024, 08 02). Mixed messages on NT's attendance-based funding model The Australian 5-5.

Mixed messages on NT's attendance-based funding model

2024

Other Outputs

NT takes the cash despite dire education outcomes

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2024, 08 01). NT takes the cash despite dire education outcomes The Australian 1-2.

NT takes the cash despite dire education outcomes

2024

Book Chapter

Through the mirror

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2024). Through the mirror. True crime and women. (pp. 123-138) edited by Lili Pâquet and Rosemary Williamson. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003405054-8

Through the mirror

2024

Journal Article

Views from the edges: Teaching literary journalism at the margins of journalism and creative writing

Graham, Caroline, Doig, Tom and Shafeeq, Lujain (2024). Views from the edges: Teaching literary journalism at the margins of journalism and creative writing. Literary Journalism Studies, 15 (1), 158-181.

Views from the edges: Teaching literary journalism at the margins of journalism and creative writing

2024

Other Outputs

No DPP action on missing Moriarty

Stevenson, Kylie and Graham, Caroline (2024, 06 06). No DPP action on missing Moriarty The Australian 3-3.

No DPP action on missing Moriarty

2024

Other Outputs

Plan an admission of past failures

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2024, 03 13). Plan an admission of past failures The Australian 5-5.

Plan an admission of past failures

2023

Journal Article

Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy: Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem, Lindsey A. Sherrill (2023)

Graham, Caroline (2023). Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy: Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem, Lindsey A. Sherrill (2023). Australian Journalism Review, 45 (2), 282-283. doi: 10.1386/ajr_00138_5

Entertainment, Journalism, and Advocacy: Competing Motivations in the True Crime Podcast Ecosystem, Lindsey A. Sherrill (2023)

2023

Other Outputs

Students ‘denied right’ to education’

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). Students ‘denied right’ to education’. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Students ‘denied right’ to education’

2023

Other Outputs

‘Traditional way, we got that here. Western way, we want that, too’

Stevenson, Kylie, Graham, Caroline and Colling, Tilda (2023). ‘Traditional way, we got that here. Western way, we want that, too’. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

‘Traditional way, we got that here. Western way, we want that, too’

2023

Other Outputs

Territory Minister denies schools system is ‘broken’

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). Territory Minister denies schools system is ‘broken’. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Territory Minister denies schools system is ‘broken’

2023

Other Outputs

Schools scandal: nothing magic about this Carpetland

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). Schools scandal: nothing magic about this Carpetland. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Schools scandal: nothing magic about this Carpetland

2023

Other Outputs

Remote control

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). Remote control. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Remote control

2023

Other Outputs

School’s out: fears for those left behind

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). School’s out: fears for those left behind. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

School’s out: fears for those left behind

2023

Other Outputs

Security, prospects take toll at school

Colling, Tilda, Stevenson, Kylie and Graham, Caroline (2023). Security, prospects take toll at school. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Security, prospects take toll at school

2023

Other Outputs

Lessons of their own land

Colling, Tilda, Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). Lessons of their own land. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Lessons of their own land

2023

Other Outputs

Kids fall off the money-go-round

Graham, Caroline and Stevenson, Kylie (2023). Kids fall off the money-go-round. Sydney, Australia: News Corp Australia.

Kids fall off the money-go-round

Supervision

Availability

Dr Caroline Graham is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Reconciling the conflict between journalists' perceived audiences and actual audiences to produce a collaborative model for contemporary digital journalism.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Are new legislations to protect national security slowly killing our societal watchdog? Safeguarding freedom of speech in relation to new national security laws.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Are new legislations to protect national security slowly killing our societal watchdog? Safeguarding freedom of speech in relation to new national security laws.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Frontlines of Science and the power of place in science podcasts

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie, Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Frontlines of Science and the power of place in science podcasts

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie, Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Reversing the Algorithm Effect: Investigating the role of hybrid digital journalism in bridging the gap between mainstream media and culturally diverse communities

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Can a National Narrative Hinder Healing? Building a Sustainable Storytelling Model for The Australian Resilience Project

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lujain Shafeeq, Dr Richard Murray

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Reconciling the conflict between journalists' perceived audiences and actual audiences to produce a collaborative model for contemporary digital journalism.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Richard Murray

Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Caroline Graham directly for media enquiries about:

  • data journalism
  • ethics
  • journalism
  • media
  • new media
  • outback australia
  • podcasting
  • true crime

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