Sara Garrity
Journalism, 2022
Currently working as a journalist at Allhomes, I am also a third-year Bachelor of Communication and Media (Journalism) student at the University of Canberra. These have filled me with nothing but passion for journalism and storytelling, and I truly love what I do.
I have had experience in a variety of journalism, from working in radio at 2CC to video editing, but the majority of my time is spent in article writing. I love this side of journalism, and being able to do this every day is exactly where I hope to be. I am passionate and love to broaden my horizons and learn every day, which is exactly what my prior experience has allowed me to do.
During my time at university, I have won five Dean’s Excellence Awards, the Gordon Burgoyne Memorial Prize for Journalism awarded by the MEAA, and have been nominated for an award from the Journalism Education & Research Association of Australia. Having my achievements recognised academically and professionally only further grow my love for what I do.
Please see a sample of my work below. They can all be accessed via the link to my website.
I already have a job, but thanks for looking.
Selected Portfolio
Today's solution and tomorrow's problem: Should we expand housing onto Canberra's bushfire prone land?
As Matt Dutkiewicz reflects on his experience of the fires nearly 20 years on, the ACT Government is considering further expansion of the same western edge he saw burn in 2003 to grapple with the unfolding housing crisis in Canberra.
Mary-Anne's Story
Back in late 2003, Mary-Anne Cosgrove’s mother was experiencing debilitating chronic back pain and an extreme case of emphysema, and nothing seemed to be helping her. Due to the lack of legislation around voluntary assisted dying in the ACT, and the territory’s inability to do anything about it, Mary-Anne’s mother took matters into her own hands. With the help of Mary-Anne and her father, her mother took her own life, after the family could see no alternative.
Live Music Returns in Post-Covid Australia
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, live music has been popping up all over the country in the form of COVID-safe music festivals and socially distanced sit-down gigs. Yours & Owls, a weekend festival held in April of 2021, saw over 15,000 music fans per day enter Thomas Dalton Park in Wollongong for the first major music festival since the pandemic began. In conjunction with this, live gigs have been reappearing in venues such as the Canberra Theatre, with crowds nearing normal capacity once more.