Maddison Connaughton

Maddison Connaughton is an investigative journalist, currently working for ABC’s Background Briefing. She has reported from the Asia-Pacific, United States and the Middle East.

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Maddison Connaughton

Maddison Connaughton is a journalist and editor, currently working as an investigative reporter at ABC’s Background Briefing program. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian, New York Times, The Observer, Foreign Policy, Four Corners, Media Watch, The Sydney Morning Herald and more. She was previously editor of The Saturday Paper, and before that was features editor at Vice. She’s previously served as a judge for the NSW Literary Awards, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the Horne Prize, was a mentor for the Judith Neilson Institute’s Long Lede program, and was an inaugural Walkley Our Watch fellow.

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