Freak October snowfall in DC

For my Aussie friends who have never seen snow.

The Bikie Wars

Our uber-labour-intensive project on Australia's bikie wars. Lotsa cool graphics. Even did the music for this one! www.smh.com.au/bikies

Sexual Warfare

My latest project is live on The Sydney Morning Herald website: Sexual Warfare: rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo. My ode to MediaStorm's style of multimedia. With superb photojournalism from Kate Geraghty.

Wives of War: Heroism at Home

Here's my latest project, launched in time for Anzac Day. Women from three generations talk of the price they paid and are still paying for Australia's defence contribution: Wives of War: Heroism at Home

I'm physically wrecked after this! Editing the stories took so much time and emotional energy, but I'm very pleased with the result.

It's the first multimedia production produced by The Sydney Morning Herald (or Fairfax Media for that matter) where the video and stills were all shot by a member of the newsroom staff, photographer Brendan Esposito, and the first production where all video editing was done inside the newsroom, by yours truly. Everything was shot on the same camera as well: the Canon 5D.

Beautiful Noise

My MediaStorm workshop piece, Beautiful Noise, is finally live. Enjoy!

Behind the scenes of a MediaStorm workshop

In December 2008 I took an Advanced Multimedia Workshop at MediaStorm in NYC, producing Beautiful Noise with Eric Maierson, Brian Storm, Morag Livingstone and Mariele Paley. Here's a pictorial journal of the week-long process.

Jetlag-busting breakfast at Heartbeat in the W Hotel. Sadly not where I was staying, but close by. Flickering open fire and a gorgeous smell of the signature W candles.


Christmas at the Rockefeller Center


Decadent takeaway zucchini and pine nut lasagna from One Lucky Duck takeaway near Union Square, over the Times review of the Metropolitan Museum's Byzantine and Medieval galleries I'd swooned over that afternoon (before the jetlag struck).


The street view from my hotel room.


Where the magic happens


DUMBO view from the window


Two-thirds of the best workshop team ever (Morag Livingstone and Mariele Paley) with our minder/mentor, Eric Maierson


Saks holiday lighting spotted on the walk home from the subway


Workshop group begins reporting in the East Village


Morag, Eric and Mariele shadow Evelyn's every move


In the public garden


Old meets new in the gentrified East Village


Takeaway sopes cactus from Hecho en Dumbo while we worked into the night


Another early morning, another wait at Bleecker Street for the subway back to my hotel bed


Working mac 'n' cheese lunch from Bubby's


Morning juices from the fabulous Forager's Market kept me bright-eyed and bushy-tailed


Burning the midnight oil (pic by Morag)


Best workshop team ever have their wrap party at Zum Schneider


Final feed was a portobello mushroom quesadilla at JFK airport

Being a Muslim

Here's a preview of my latest project, you lucky devils. Going live tonight as part of a five-day series running in the Sydney Morning Herald titled "Islam in Australia". I was lucky enough to interview four terrific Muslims about their faith, and the misconceptions people have about their community. Here's hoping it goes some way towards building tolerance and harmony.

See the multimedia here.