Caro Meldrum-Hanna is an Australian investigative journalist.[1]

Meldrum-Hanna is best known for her work with ABC Television's Four Corners program.[2][3][4][5]

Among Meldrum-Hanna's stories on Four Corners, two notable reports are an investigation into the treatment of juveniles at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre entitled "Australia's Shame" and an investigation into a greyhound racing live baiting scandal entitled "Making a Killing".[6][7]

For "Making a Killing", Meldrum-Hanna was the co-recipient of the 2015 Gold Walkley, shared with producer Sam Clark and researcher Max Murch.[8]

Also in 2015, she won Journalist of the Year at the Kennedy Awards.[9]

Meldrum-Hanna is also known for a three-part ABC documentary which aired in 2018, Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane, which explored the case of waterpolo player Keli Lane, who was convicted of murdering her newborn daughter in 1996.[10][11][12]

In 2015, Meldrum-Hanna spoke of the tribulations of being a female journalist covering sporting issues, recalling an alleged incident in which two male radio presenters in Adelaide insinuated during a live interview that she must have had a sexual relationship with sports scientist Stephen Dank for him to have granted her an interview during the Essendon Football Club supplements saga when he had refused other interview requests.[13] According to Meldrum-Hanna, an apology was offered which she refused.[14]

In 2021, Meldrum-Hanna produced a documentary Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire.[15] The documentary contained allegations about corruption of former premier Neville Wran which were challenged by leaders from both sides of the political spectrum as 'unfair, uncorroborated and stretching credulity'.[16]

Meldrum-Hanna is a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.[17]

Awards

  • UTS Alumni Award for Excellence, 2017 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences [18]
  • Logie Award for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report, 2016[19]
  • Walkley Award winner, 2016, Jackson and Lawler [20]
  • Journalist of the Year, 2015, Kennedy Awards
  • Gold Walkley Award winner, 2015, Making a killing (with Sam Clark and Max Murch)[21]
  • Walkley Award winner, 2013, The Essendon Files, Demons in Damage control, The Cronulla Files [22]
  • Walkley Award winner, 2011, Harness racing under scrutiny [23]

References

  1. ↑ Meade, Amanda (30 December 2016) 'You need to be prepared to make enemies': Caro Meldrum-Hanna on Four Corners, The Guardian, Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Molloy, Shannon (28 July 2014) Four Corners reporter uncovers secret religious society accused of physical and mental abuse, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ↑ (20 October 2014) Four Corners: Australian country towns in ice epidemic, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Clun, Rachel (7 August 2017) Other states dump 1 million tonnes of rubbish in Queensland, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. ↑ (4 April 2017) Former One Nation loyalist on Pauline Hanson: I get better respect from a sheepdog, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Hunter, Fergus (26 July 2016) Previous youth abuse revelations didn't pique my interest: Nigel Scullion, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Levy, Megan; O'Sullivan, Matt (7 July 2016) Greyhound racing banned in NSW: Mike Baird announces ban after special inquiry, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co.
  8. ↑ (3 December 2015) Four Corners' greyhound industry investigation wins Gold Walkley, ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Kennedy Awards Honour Roll". The Kennedy Awards. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  10. ↑ Erikssen, Denise (8 October 2018) Guilty or not? Journalist who interviewed 'baby killer' speaks out, The New Daily, Industry Super Holdings. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Quinn, Karl (20 September 2018) ABC's Exposed: Was Keli Lane wrongly convicted of murdering her baby?, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Natasha (5 December 2018) 'I feel the weight of people's desire to solve this': Where to next in the Exposed investigation of the Keli Lane case?, Backstory, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  13. ↑ Reynolds, Emma (5 October 2015) Trials of being a female sports reporter, news.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  14. ↑ Aedy, Richard (29 September 2015) Life as a female sports journalist, The Media Report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  16. ↑ Meade, Amanda (30 August 2021). "Independent review criticises ABC's Luna Park ghost train fire series over Neville Wran claim". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  17. ↑ Alumni profiles: Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Journalism) and Bachelor of Laws (2007), University of Technology Sydney Alumni website. Accessed 11 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "UTS Alumni Award for Excellence 2017 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Caro Meldrum-Hanna". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Caro Meldrum-Hanna "Jackson and Lawler" Walkley Interview Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch "Making a Killing" Walkley Interview Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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