Tag: Freelance journalism
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Ashes Disaster: England’s Tour of Australia and the Challenge of Covering It with a Disability
The Opening Question “Australia is not for weak men.” Those words from Ben Stokes in Brisbane echoed long after the match ball had ceased to bounce. If I’d heard them before I decided to cover the Ashes as a freelancer, they might have warned me off. Instead, they became a lens through which I understood…
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England’s Ashes Disaster: A Freelancer’s View from Australia with a Disability
Introduction: A tour that began with a warning When I landed in Brisbane to cover the Ashes, the aura around England was already bruised. The series began with high hopes and a famous bite of swagger, but the results soon told a different story. As a freelancer reporting from the ground, and as someone navigating…