Caro Meldrum-Hanna is an Australian investigative journalist.[1]
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 Meldrum-Hanna accepts Perkin Award at Melbourne Press Club Quills, March 2017. |
Meldrum-Hanna is best known for her work with ABC Television's Four Corners program.[2][3][4][5]
Among Meldrum-Hanna's stories on Four Corners, two notable reports are an investigation into the treatment of juveniles at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre entitled "Australia's Shame" and an investigation into a greyhound racing live baiting scandal entitled "Making a Killing".[6][7]
For "Making a Killing", Meldrum-Hanna was the co-recipient of the 2015 Gold Walkley, shared with producer Sam Clark and researcher Max Murch.[8]
Also in 2015, she won Journalist of the Year at the Kennedy Awards.[9]
Meldrum-Hanna is also known for a three-part ABC documentary which aired in 2018, Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane, which explored the case of waterpolo player Keli Lane, who was convicted of murdering her newborn daughter in 1996.[10][11][12]
In 2015, Meldrum-Hanna spoke of the tribulations of being a female journalist covering sporting issues, recalling an alleged incident in which two male radio presenters in Adelaide insinuated during a live interview that she must have had a sexual relationship with sports scientist Stephen Dank for him to have granted her an interview during the Essendon Football Club supplements saga when he had refused other interview requests.[13] According to Meldrum-Hanna, an apology was offered which she refused.[14]
In 2021, Meldrum-Hanna produced a documentary Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire.[15] The documentary contained allegations about corruption of former premier Neville Wran which were challenged by leaders from both sides of the political spectrum as 'unfair, uncorroborated and stretching credulity'.[16]
Meldrum-Hanna is a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.[17]
Awards
edit- UTS Alumni Award for Excellence, 2017 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences [18]
- Logie Award for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report, 2016[19]
- Walkley Award winner, 2016, Jackson and Lawler [20]
- Melbourne Press Club Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, 2016, for Don Dale Youth Detention Centre coverage[21]
- Journalist of the Year, 2015, Kennedy Awards
- Gold Walkley Award winner, 2015, Making a killing (with Sam Clark and Max Murch)[22]
- Walkley Award winner, 2013, The Essendon Files, Demons in Damage control, The Cronulla Files [23]
- Walkley Award winner, 2011, Harness racing under scrutiny [24]
References
edit- ^ Meade, Amanda (30 December 2016) 'You need to be prepared to make enemies': Caro Meldrum-Hanna on Four Corners, The Guardian, Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Molloy, Shannon (28 July 2014) Four Corners reporter uncovers secret religious society accused of physical and mental abuse, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ (20 October 2014) Four Corners: Australian country towns in ice epidemic, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Clun, Rachel (7 August 2017) Other states dump 1 million tonnes of rubbish in Queensland, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ (4 April 2017) Former One Nation loyalist on Pauline Hanson: I get better respect from a sheepdog, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Hunter, Fergus (26 July 2016) Previous youth abuse revelations didn't pique my interest: Nigel Scullion, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Levy, Megan; O'Sullivan, Matt (7 July 2016) Greyhound racing banned in NSW: Mike Baird announces ban after special inquiry, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co.
- ^ (3 December 2015) Four Corners' greyhound industry investigation wins Gold Walkley, ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Kennedy Awards Honour Roll". The Kennedy Awards. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ Erikssen, Denise (8 October 2018) Guilty or not? Journalist who interviewed 'baby killer' speaks out, The New Daily, Industry Super Holdings. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Quinn, Karl (20 September 2018) ABC's Exposed: Was Keli Lane wrongly convicted of murdering her baby?, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Natasha (5 December 2018) 'I feel the weight of people's desire to solve this': Where to next in the Exposed investigation of the Keli Lane case?, Backstory, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Reynolds, Emma (5 October 2015) Trials of being a female sports reporter, news.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Aedy, Richard (29 September 2015) Life as a female sports journalist, The Media Report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Meade, Amanda (30 August 2021). "Independent review criticises ABC's Luna Park ghost train fire series over Neville Wran claim". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Alumni profiles: Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Journalism) and Bachelor of Laws (2007), University of Technology Sydney Alumni website. Accessed 11 April 2019.
- ^ "UTS Alumni Award for Excellence 2017 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Caro Meldrum-Hanna". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Caro Meldrum-Hanna "Jackson and Lawler" Walkley Interview Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "2016 Perkin award winner Caro Meldrum-Hanna". Melbourne Press Club. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch "Making a Killing" Walkley Interview Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.