Victoria Jack

Newcastle Area, Australia Australia

Sessional Academic

Education

I'm a writer and researcher who has worked as a print journalist, sessional academic, communications consultant, newsreader, presenter and media advisor for non-profit organisations. I'm currently working on a PhD project titled "Communication as aid: Exploring the role and impact of communication in assisting crisis-affected communities". My studies are facilitated by a government-funded Australian Postgraduate Award – a three-year research scholarship granted to students with "exceptional research potential". To inform the PhD project I conducted an extensive fieldwork trip in 2013, during which I stayed in several refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border and conducted 85 interview...