Caro Meldrum-Hanna Explained

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]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  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.
  3. (20 October 2014) Four Corners: Australian country towns in ice epidemic, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  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.
  9. Web site: Kennedy Awards Honour Roll . The Kennedy Awards . 13 August 2022.
  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.
  14. [Richard Aedy|Aedy, Richard]
  15. Web site: EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire . . 2021 . 2023-11-20.
  16. Web site: Independent review criticises ABC’s Luna Park ghost train fire series over Neville Wran claim . . Amanda . Meade. 2021-08-30 . 2023-11-20.
  17. https://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/connect/alumni-profiles/caro-meldrum-hanna Alumni profiles: Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Journalism) and Bachelor of Laws (2007)
  18. Web site: UTS Alumni Award for Excellence 2017 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences . . 2023-11-20.
  19. Web site: Caro Meldrum-Hanna. . 2023-11-20.
  20. Web site: Caro Meldrum-Hanna "Jackson and Lawler" Walkley Interview Award . The Walkley Foundation . 2023-11-20.
  21. Web site: 2016 Perkin award winner Caro Meldrum-Hanna. . 2024-10-17.
  22. Web site: Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch "Making a Killing" Walkley Interview Award . The Walkley Foundation . 2023-11-20.
  23. Web site: Walkley Winners Archive. The Walkley Foundation . 2023-11-20.
  24. Web site: Walkley Winners Archive. The Walkley Foundation . 2023-11-20.

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