Jo Robin is the digital journalist and producer with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s North America bureau.
She graduated with a master’s degree and honors from Columbia Journalism School in New York in August 2021.
Jo was previously Melbourne assistant editor for Broadsheet, where she began as a subeditor in 2017, before launching the national Things to Do section as its editor a year later.
She was communications manager for broadcaster Sally Warhaft’s mayoral campaign; a freelance copy editor for the County Court of Victoria; and a senior news producer at Mamamia, Australia’s top independent women’s media company.
Jo completed a graduate diploma in journalism at RMIT in 2013. Her byline has appeared on ABC News, The New Republic, Broadsheet, Mamamia, 9Honey, Crikey and more.
Recent Work
Welcome to Oklahoma, the hardest place to get an abortion in post-Roe v Wade America
Gerri Santoro’s death galvanised America’s abortion rights movement. This is her story
The little pink house that inadvertently toppled 50 years of abortion rights
What is ‘Striketober’? Americans are fed up and walking off the job — and more are likely to follow
A Visual Investigation Into the Kharqamar Incident
First Look: Slightly Fancy, Always Fun, Poodle Bar & Bistro Opens in Fitzroy
The Bizarre, Months-Long Saga of Northcote’s Mysterious “Gold Head”
Dial or DM “1800 Lasagne” to Get Lasagne Delivered to Your Door
How Australia’s Live-Music Industry Is Coping With Coronavirus Cancellations and Venue Closures
How to Not Lose Your Mind (or Your Mates) on a Summer Road Trip
Return of the Perm: The Controversial ’80s Hairstyle Making a Comeback
The Mystery of the Moreland Hotel
Megalo, Megalo, Megalo! Melbourne Icon Franco Cozzo Is Getting His Own Film
From Print to Plush Surrounds: Ladies of Leisure Has a New Home, IRL
Escape the Muggle Struggle in These Five-Star Wizard’s Digs
How Kay-Lene Tan Turned a Quarter-Life Crisis Into a Pastry Career
Sister Studios Opens a Dreamy Store in North Fitzroy
Last Night, Thousands of Melburnians United for Eurydice Dixon
A Feminist Zine That Can’t Be Ignored
CONTACT
hello@jorobin.com