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Delighted and proud to hear the announcement that I have won the 2025 Arthur Lovekin Medal for Excellence in Journalism. For my body of work covering the existential threats to Western Australia’s black cockatoos. After being shortlisted for this prize three times in recent years, and given that environmental journalism is a long hard road that often feels thankless, it feels pretty damn good to finally have it in the bag.
If anyone is curious, here is the body of work.
Bearing witness for a species on the brink
Stories:
‘Refugees in their own country’: Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis
October 7, 2024
Lifeline for Perth Zoo vets dealing with starving black cockatoo influx
December 19, 2024
People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests
March 4, 2025
Carnaby’s carnage laid bare in ongoing fallout from WA’s horror summer
June 24, 2025
