Jamie Duncan
Challenges accepted.
I am a story-teller - an experienced journalist, content creation specialist and media relations professional who spins compelling yarns in government comms by day, and as a freelance features writer and podcaster with Herald Sun.
03/04/2023
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by Clementine & Madman
22/11/2022
A trial of virtual reality technology aims to cut down on patient travel A new trial in regional Victoria has found a hi-tech solution that enables rural nurses to be the eyes and ears of specialists, giving patients treatment without the travel. Natasha Schapova reports.
11/03/2021
A little Friday fun from me: this is one of the wackiest wages I've ever heard of - and it was a barrow-load of fun to write for the Herald Sun.
A man, a wheelbarrow and one crazy bet SO have you ever heard the one about the publican, the garage owner and the wheelbarrow?
18/02/2021
A brave air hostess ensured passengers escape from a crashed airliner as it burst into flames on Mt Macedon back in 1948. What went wrong? Here's my story for the Herald Sun.
How hostie saved passengers in fiery crash It was the kind of wet, dreary Monday morning only Melbourne could deliver when the Australian National Airways (ANA) Douglas DC-3 Kurana taxied onto the runway at Essendon Airport on November 8, 1948.
16/02/2021
I wrote this ode to Melbourne's modern Chinese cuisine and the Chinese food of old for the Herald Sun with help from friend, foodie and former colleague Ida Chionh for Lunar New Year. It ran just before Lockdown 3.0. I can't wait to dine in for my next suburban Chinese feast.
Why there’s nothing like suburban Chinese food In the Golden Dragon in Rosanna and a thousand other Chinese restaurants across Victoria in the 1970s and 1980s, there were certain things you could always expect to see.
29/01/2021
Eighty years before PM Harold Holt disappeared at Cheviot Beach in 1967, the SS Cheviot was wrecked on its treacherous rocks, killing at least 35 people. But the location is not the only link between the SS Cheviot and Holt. Here's my story for the Herald Sun.
Harold Holt’s macabre link to deadly shipwreck Even today, the treacherous beaches and rocky coastline of Point Nepean are closed to the public, and with good reason.