Leigh Tonkin

Editor of features and context at @abcnews. Former @smh comment editor. Pitch opinion and feature pieces to me at [email protected]

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

Great opportunity! Entries close May 4

[Michael Janda @mikejanda]

To ABC management:
We're postponing our stop work today, but don't think that we're going away. It's taken 9 months for you to get real, now let's bargain and seal a fair deal. Real careers are the key, for staff and the future of Aunty. #DontDiscountABC @withMEAA

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

It’s wild how common these stories are at the ABC. Why aren’t we nurturing talent? What stories have we lost because people need more secure employment?

[Annabel Crabb @annabelcrabb]

A big HEAR HEAR for this. The building is full of people in this position. #DontDiscountABC

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

Our ABC matters. This is about more than a pay dispute – without sustainable careers, the ABC relies on goodwill and overwork from burnt-out staff. It can't go on. Australia deserves better for its public broadcaster and the vital services it provides. #DontDiscountABC @withmeaa

[MEAA @withMEAA]

Final Reminder for ABC staff:
You must be financial union member by COB TODAY in order to vote on the upcoming Protected Action Ballot. https://t.co/MxLUkrGmRu Ph: 1300 656 513
#MEAAmedia
#DontDiscountABC
#StrongerTogether

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

So proud to work with these amazing colleagues, standing up for our rights and conditions - and winning Walkleys while we do it

[casey briggs @CaseyBriggs]

This week, the world’s population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically. Here’s what we need to think about. https://t.co/CwzGgbl3a9

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

Tremendous work from @Hayley_Gleeson, whose strength, resilience and dogged drive for understanding during her recovery have been a sight to behold

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

The work we need to do on understanding concussion goes well beyond football. Read this if you’ve ever banged your head on a shelf

[Hayley Gleeson @Hayley_Gleeson]

last year i hit my head, suffered a #concussion and didn't recover in the 'typical' couple of weeks. i've spent 12m+ working with a TBI rehab team, rebuilding my cognitive capacity and sense of self, finding a path out of the dark https://t.co/eM1pmRkqYf

[Maani Truu @maanitruu]

Meeting Logan, 14, was one of the highlights of visiting Shepparton last month — he's an absolute legend, and I left with a burning desire to get a beehive. If you also harbour a secret dream of becoming a beekeeper, have a read https://t.co/vn9c1tB6fb via @abcnews

[MEAA @withMEAA]

#MEAAmedia President @PercyKaren spoke at a Global press conference hosted by @genevapressclub this week in support of Wikileaks publisher Julian #Assange.
We are calling on @AlboMP and @SenatorWong to lobby @potus to drop the charges.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeAssangeNOW

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

While ABC is celebrating #ABC90, it’s also cutting funding to its hugely important archive that houses so much of Australia’s history. @ItaButtrose’s great #AndrewOlle lecture touched on so much of our past but we can’t let it die - with @QuentinDempster

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

Proud to represent the Pacific and @withMEAA in the inaugural FAPAJ

[MEAA @withMEAA]

Congratulations to #MEAAmedia vice-president @leightonkin, who has been elected to the executive committee of the new Federation of Asia Pacific Journalists (FAPAJ). @IFJGlobal #IFJCongress2022

[Media Diversity AU @MediaDiverseAU]

Meet our ‘Pitching Your Opinion’ panel: @antoinette_news, @ChipRolley, @leightonkin & Helen Pitt 👏🏽👏🏽
#amplifyingvoices

[MEAA @withMEAA]

Many MEAA members will be receiving ballot papers for the union elections in the mail this week.
Don’t waste your vote!
Make sure to fill out the ballot paper and send it back in the mail straight away.

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

@kathkenny_ Got a result in 90 minutes at the place on Gibbons Street, just down from Redfern station. Yes, 90 minutes for a PCR test!!

[Leigh Tonkin @leightonkin]

Really excited to be the incoming federal media VP for @withMEAA with @della79 and what we can achieve in our term. Also great to see healthy competition for President. My vote will be going to @PercyKaren, who has been a tireless advocate for journalists and our industry.

[Gaven Morris @gavmorris]

Keen to launch your journalism career? Join us, at Australia's leading news, analysis and investigations team. I'm keen to have you on board at @abcnews: Cadetships 2022: https://t.co/JkNfVeLTbQ

[ABC Communications @ABCMediaComms]

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