Episode 49 - Croakey Health Media with Dr Melissa Sweet

In this episode we chat with Dr Melissa Sweet, the Editor in Chief of Croakey Health Media. Melissa is a journalist and writer whose current focus in on Public Interest Health Journalism. We discuss the origins of Croakey, which was initially borne out of the Crikey e-news bulletin, and was incorporated in its own right in 2018. We chat with Melissa about her career and experiences with Croakey, and delve into the crisis in public interest journalism in Australia. We talk about the potential to embed public interest journalism and reporting into research projects to help disseminate the findings more efficiently to a wider audience. We also chat about the intersection of health and politics, and the implications of this on health policy in Australia. We hope you enjoy the conversation. You can read more about Croakey and access their stories here: www.croakey.org As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat