Gender-affirming surgeries can cost tens of thousands of dollars. None of it is covered by Medicare. 
 
This week on The Yarn, reporter August Mikleus shares his investigation into the years-long fight for public funding, and what happens when trans patients are forced to front the costs themselves.  

 

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August Mikleus ’ reporting for The Citizen.

Gender-affirming surgeries can cost tens of thousands of dollars. None of it is covered by Medicare.&nbsp; &nbsp; This week on The Yarn, reporter August Mikleus shares his investigation into the years-long fight for public funding, and what happens when trans patients are forced to front the costs themselves. &nbsp;
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<a href="https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/the-wait-for-application-1754-will-gender-affirming-surgeries-ever-go-on-medicare">August Mikleus &rsquo; reporting for The Citizen.</a>

The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.  It features original reporting by students, content from The Citizen publication, as well as talks and events held by the Centre.  

The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.&nbsp; It features original reporting by students, content from The Citizen publication, as well as talks and events held by the Centre.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Yarn

The Yarn is an award-winning podcast out of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.  It is mixed, produced and edited by students, and showcases student work at its best. 

 

 

The Yarn is an award-winning podcast out of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.&nbsp; It is mixed, produced and edited by students, and showcases student work at its best.&nbsp;
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The Wait for Gender-Affirming Healthcare 

In this episode of The Yarn, everybody is trying to stay in touch with somebody who has died. A family who turned their house into a hospital, a granddaughter burning money for her grandfather, a woman who says the dead can be booked by the hour, and a stargazer chasing light from stars that no longer exist. 

Stories by Isaure Duruy, Ruiying Tang, Olivia Wright and Jiali Hong. Hosted by Preeshita Shah. 

In this episode of The Yarn, everybody is trying to stay in touch with somebody who has died. A family who turned their house into a hospital, a granddaughter burning money for her grandfather, a woman who says the dead can be booked by the hour, and a stargazer chasing light from stars that no longer exist.&nbsp;
Stories by Isaure Duruy, Ruiying Tang, Olivia Wright and Jiali Hong. Hosted by Preeshita Shah.&nbsp;

The Hereafter

In this episode, we're joined by Craig Silverman, one of the world's leading experts on online disinformation, who says the era of tech companies funding fact-checking is over. 

Craig has spent more than two decades reporting on how our information environment gets manipulated, from a blog tracking newspaper corrections in 2004, to investigations into the digital environment for BuzzFeed News and ProPublica. He now runs Indicator, a small independent newsroom investigating digital deception.

We talk about the liar's dividend, why only using detection tools won't save journalists, and why investigative journalism may not necessarily be the best journalism. 

Craig Silverman in conversation with the Centre for Advancing Journalism's cadet Preeshita Shah and lecturers Mell Chun and Silvia Montaño-Niño. 

In this episode, we're joined by Craig Silverman, one of the world's leading experts on online disinformation, who says the era of tech companies funding fact-checking is over.&nbsp;
Craig has spent more than two decades reporting on how our information environment gets manipulated, from a blog tracking newspaper corrections in 2004, to investigations into the digital environment for BuzzFeed News and ProPublica. He now runs Indicator, a small independent newsroom investigating digital deception.
We talk about the liar's dividend, why only using detection tools won't save journalists, and why investigative journalism may not necessarily be the best journalism.&nbsp;
Craig Silverman in conversation with the Centre for Advancing Journalism's cadet Preeshita Shah and lecturers Mell Chun and Silvia Monta&ntilde;o-Ni&ntilde;o.&nbsp;

Craig Silverman: Industrialised Deception and the Truth Crisis

In this episode of The Yarn, we meet people who broke new ground without setting out to. The team behind Victoria's first golden kelp restoration project, a sailor who raced a yacht through the roughest water on the planet, and the first woman on the fireground in her region. 

Stories by Theoné van der Merwe, Bea Chirnside and Eamon Leggett. Hosted by Preeshita Shah. 

In this episode of The Yarn, we meet people who broke new ground without setting out to. The team behind Victoria's first golden kelp restoration project, a sailor who raced a yacht through the roughest water on the planet, and the first woman on the fireground in her region.&nbsp;
Stories by&nbsp;Theon&eacute;&nbsp;van der Merwe, Bea&nbsp;Chirnside&nbsp;and Eamon Leggett. Hosted by Preeshita Shah.&nbsp;

The Wait for Gender-Affirming Healthcare

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