Loughlin Patrick

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Recapping my professional and volunteer experience
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Hi, I'm Loughlin. Right now, I build and output live-to-air television news bulletins for the ABC NEWS channel and report for the international ABC Australia satellite channels. I work with journalists, editors and directors to react to breaking news events in real time by delivering accurate and compelling coverage.I research and contact professional analysts and industry experts from around the world to book them for television interviews about Australian and international news stories. I brief on-air talent and guests, find and cut the latest vision and assist with logistics for a smooth and informative interview.In my reporting, I pitch stories that are meaningful to broad audiences, and cover complex matters in an explanatory and refreshing way for viewers who have varying levels of context. I write clean, concise copy that makes space for a range of voices and facilitate the timely online publication of broadcast content.

After moving to Melbourne to study at RMIT University, I was awarded the Charles Blackall scholarship. With a team of series producers, I facilitated the daily output of its Swanston Explainer podcast throughout the 2022 federal election campaign — also supporting episode producers to cover the economy and religious discrimination. On radio, I wrote and read The City Journal Midday News for 3RRR, and produced a half-hour radio broadcast investigating the children's music industry.For Channel 31's Newsline bulletins, I worked with a team to produce and anchor its The Round Up segment on international news and culture, produced and presented its sport report, and put together an investigative package. I also devised and led a state election broadcast after presenting on RMIT's federal coverage — leading and mentoring others to create a fresh, dynamic format with more to offer viewers.I have always been committed to natural justice and integrity. I undertook training to volunteer at RMIT's student appeals hearings, where I ensured all parties to misconduct cases received a high standard of procedural fairness. I sat on decision panels with a duty to act as a disinterested party, advocating for matters to be heard in full, and for outcomes to be reached with the irreproachable backing of evidence and policy.My pertinent and probing questions overcame the varying communication abilities of witnesses — allowing me to ensure all evidence was heard, documented and considered. I successfully argued for adjournments to allow for further investigations, and made actionable recommendations to secure meaningful process changes at an institutional level. I acted with sensitivity to the personal stories that witnesses shared with us and our strict confidentiality obligations to maintain their dignity.I was then engaged to revitalise RMIT's Journalism Society and complete structural reforms to secure members' access to their entitlements. I recruited a leadership team and developed service delivery objectives to ensure effective decision-making and accountability to members. And once I was confident the society was good-to-go, I stepped aside to allow the leadership team to act independently.While heading up the society, I developed relationships with community media outlets and other partners to unlock training experiences and programs for members. I negotiated with our partners to ensure these pathways were accessible to people of all financial backgrounds, and organised events to improve social cohesion after pandemic restrictions. I secured internship pathways with multiple external stakeholder organisations for members.In the community media sector, I have volunteered for broadcasters such as Vision Australia Radio and others. I've given hands-on technical and editorial support to empower young people with varied experiences and abilities to produce current affairs radio programming. I created and led both workshop-based and independently-paced professional development training and resources. I regularly led teams to output in-studio and outside broadcasts with resilience to critical personnel and technical failures.I have produced current affairs and lifestyle content covering federal politics, arts and culture, sexual health and identity. I regularly booked local and international talent, developing briefs and producing incisive interviews that elevated a variety of community voices on both sides of the studio. The coverage I produced extended to the station itself when it encountered existential funding issues. Girl, same.

Before entering the media, I worked as a high school tutor and mentored young people by helping them critically assess their approach to learning. I helped them to assess their circumstances, set realistic goals and employ actionable strategies to achieve them. While some clients were able to double their academic results, our biggest wins came as they developed their confidence and sense of purpose.Later on, I was selected to join a national charity's pilot program that supported children who have life-limiting conditions. The young people I worked with had spent a long time away from their communities and faced challenges with social exclusion and confidence. I remained cognisant of their access and communication needs as I worked with them — and have always been mindful since then of how we can support everyone to be heard and understood. ∎

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