On this episode of The State Of The Fourth Estate, hosts Tayla Oates @taystyporridge and Sura Mishra sit down with Australian Associated Press journalist Rachael Ward and discuss reporting from a crisis zone, the lessons a young reporter can learn from natural disasters and how to evolve with the changes to the industry.

Read Rachael's stories about the flood here:

"Levee a wall of hope, dismay in flood town"

"Aboriginal Community at Risk of Flooding"

The story mentioned is "The Body In Room 348" by Mark Bowden for Vanity Fair

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