Caro Meldrum-Hanna

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Caro Meldrum-Hanna is an Australian investigative journalist. [1]

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]

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  2. ↑ 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.
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  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ (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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ (3 December 2015) Four Corners' greyhound industry investigation wins Gold Walkley, ABC News , Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Reynolds, Emma (5 October 2015) Trials of being a female sports reporter, news.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "UTS Alumni Award for Excellence 2017 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences". University of Technology Sydney . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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