science / storytelling

I create engaging, accessible content on diverse, sometimes contentious topics—from bats to battery technology. I write features, create short films, and illustrate stories for both adults and children.

I travel to rural and remote areas to take photos, capture film, and write stories. I've been the 'reporter in the field' on field trips to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Borneo, the Torres Strait, Tasmania's Midlands, and the Simpson Desert.

I run storytelling and social/media training for scientists and other technical professionals. 

I pitch compelling stories to journalists and media networks. One media release on AI and the protection of turtles by Indigenous rangers won a Mumbrella Award and led to stories seen by 6M+ people.

I lead multifaceted campaigns, such as CSIRO's five-month celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. Our content was viewed 4.1M times by 2.7M people, with 3400+ media stories.

I shoot and edit short, sharable films. For example, I created this film on Dr Rowena Hamer's research and this digital story on family, and I took footage for this film on women rangers in the Pacific. 

I am an editor of, and frequent contributor to, the CSIRO's storytelling hub: ECOS. I have secured funding from various grants, and have successfully nominated groups and individuals for awards.

I've had four exhibitions, and illustrated several reports, magazine series, and books, including The Little Things that Run the City and Into the Forest.

I studied botany at a Masters level, and have done a several multi-week field trips—often focused on botany or entomology—in harsh environments. This photo is from a research trip to the Simpson Desert, where I reported on the project and helped collect and survey reptiles and small mammals.