About...

Ashlee is an Australian journalist currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is skilled in print, radio, online and multimedia journalism, as well as photography. She is currently working as a copy editor on the web desk of the Jakarta Globe, a new English-language daily broadsheet newspaper. She is also available for freelance assignments.

Indonesia...

Is the world's fourth most populous nation. Almost 90 percent of the population identify as Muslim. It has more than 17,500 islands — but only around 6,000 are inhabited. It's home to diverse cultures and a growing tourism industry. Indonesia has thousands of stories waiting to be told.

Archive: Front page photographs

Retail revival: fact or fantasy?

Commercial real estate agents said Double Bay and Paddington retail was making a comeback.  But local traders weren’t so sure. Published in Village Voice Eastern Harbourside, June 2008. Front page story and photograph by Ashlee Betteridge.

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Mental Health services closed after 124 years

Front page story on the closure of Rozelle Hospital, leading into a feature on the fate of the hospital site. Front page picture by Ashlee Betteridge. Village Voice Balmain, May 2008.

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Further coverage of the closure 1 2 3 4 5

Transport features front page photos and intros

The Village Voice ran a series of transport features across its titles in 2008.  Here are two front page leads I wrote for the features and photographs that I took.

Balmain transport feature front, June 2008

Drummoyne transport feature front, April 2008

Candidates put ‘protest’ before policies

Climate change candidates in the seat of Wentworth were full of hot air when it came to local policies.

Front page story by Ben Douglas and Ashlee Betteridge.

Front page sculpture by the sea photograph by Ashlee Betteridge.

Published in Village Voice Eastern Beaches, November 2007.

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