J a c k i e   D e n t

 

I'm a journalist, writer, communications expert, curator and ideas person.

My book "The Great Dead Body Teachers" on whole body donation was published in March 2023. I work in communications and journalism while I complete a PhD on “The Pleasures of War” at the University of Sydney.

I've reported for the Sydney Morning Herald, the New York Times, the Guardian, Reuters, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Monocle, amongst many, many other media outlets. I have produced at Radio National.

I have served as a spokesperson for the United Nations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan and North Ossetia, and was a speechwriter and communications advisor at the Asian Development Bank in the Philippines. I've done communications for all sorts of international, national and local organisations.

I write content for the government, worked as a researcher for various TV shows, and am across content editing and designing.

I've curated talks for my own public program Clear Spot Club, the Ethics Centre, Tedx Sydney and was involved in the Air Space Tribunal.

In Afghanistan, I helped raise awareness about hunger and malnourishment amongst the poor, and also covered a range of social and security issues, including shocking rates of maternal mortality and Taliban attacks on food convoys.

In Pakistan, I worked on the emergency operation which helped deal with the aftermath of devastating floods.

My video work has appeared in group shows and my experimental journalism was also included in Critical Practices Inc's LEF(t) publication in the 2014 Whitney Biennial.

I have organised fundraisers for the not-for profit Skateistan, advised consumer advocacy group CHOICE and written about how you don't need to wear white gloves when reading old manuscripts. I have helped track ghost stories in regional Australia , and explored family and friendship in the Lebanese community.

My shorthand hovers around 120 wpm.