Australian investigative journalist
Caro Meldrum-Hanna
Caro Meldrum-Hanna is an Australian investigative journalist .[ 1]
Meldrum-Hanna is best known for her work with ABC Television 's Four Corners [ 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] [ 14]
In 2021, Meldrum-Hanna produced a documentary Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire .[ 15] 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
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
^ 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
^ 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 .
