About me

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Chris Griffith is media development editor at The Australian newspaper in Sydney. Before that he was deputy news editor online at The Australian, and previously online reporter at The Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane.

He has worked in TV and radio, but mostly in newspapers: as a columnist with The Sun-Herald in Brisbane in the early 1990s, and then as a reporter with five year stints at both The Sunday Mail and The Courier-Mail before helping pioneer the paper's coverage on the Internet. About me»

 

Awards

Daniel Hammond & Chris Griffith

Multimedia artist Daniel Hammond and I jointly won the best multimedia report for 2006 for the state of Queensland and received a high commendation for the same work in the News Ltd national awards.

Our award winning reports are available here. They look at the water crisis facing our region of Queensland and increased aircraft noise over our city.

 

Queensland's water crisis

Dried up dam Watch our award winning documentary on southeast Queensland's water crisis.

 

Prostitution in Queensland

Prostitution logo It's 20 years after the Fitzgerald Inquiry and illegal prostitution is flourishing again.

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Build your own media centre

Media centre

Watch Tomorrow Today, a series of flash movies on how to build a lounge room media centre. Build one now.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

 

Take a spin around Brisbane

A Brisbane street

Enjoy a whirwind road trip around Brisbane Australia as my passenger. Tighten your seat belt! This trip isn't for the faint hearted.

 

Welcome to my site

chris on balcony

After 12 years on the 'Net, I've redone the site. It is now packed with video and photos, and, as before, with plenty of words. Thank you The Courier-Mail for allowing me to republish videos. Enjoy!

flat screenLatest video.This exclusive video shot by engineers in Western Australia shows how in March 2007, a work force was needlessly exposed to Cyclone George with deadly consequences. The vision is graphic and some language may offend. More video»

 

photo symbolPhotos. In 1984, I spent a week paddling the lakes of Kashmir in a small boat called a shikara. With the communities so isolated, it was a step back in time. The soaring Himalayas made the perfect backdrop. More photos»

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