Cristen Tilley

Cristen Tilley is senior journalist at the ABC's Interactive Digital Storytelling Unit. She started in online news at the Irish national broadcaster RTE in 2000, and has worked in radio, television, print and online in Ireland and Australia. Cristen was executive producer of ABC News Online from 2008 to 2013, and produced the ABC's 2013 federal election website, Australia Votes.
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• Oscars game: Check your answers here

  By Cristen Tilley and Colin Gourlay

  Posted February 24, 2017 06:45:03 | Updated February 27, 2017 16:25:38

  We've saved your guesses on the major categories and now that the awards are underway, we'll begin letting you know how you went.

  Topics: academy-awards-oscars, film-movies, united-states

• Australia is failing to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage

  By Dan Conifer , Tim Leslie , Cristen Tilley and Matt Liddy

  Posted February 14, 2017 12:18:50 | Updated February 14, 2017 14:24:09

  Australia has promised to close the gap between Indigenous and other Australians on health, education and employment. But we are failing to meet six of seven key goals.

  Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, australia

• Quiz: You've marvelled at Olympians' feats — but do you understand them?

  By Ben Spraggon , Simon Elvery , Cristen Tilley and Tim Leslie

  Posted August 18, 2016 12:49:03 | Updated August 19, 2016 10:03:34

  Could our Olympic swimmers keep up with a penguin? Could long jumpers leap the length of a humpback whale? Get a sense of how Olympians' feats measure up.

  Topics: olympics-summer, brazil

• How could this all play out?

  By Cristen Tilley, design and development by Ben Spraggon and Blake Butcher

  Posted July 06, 2016 11:06:54 | Updated July 08, 2016 13:03:54

  The fate of the election hinges on a few thousand votes scattered across six marginal seats around the nation. See how the final votes could fall.

  Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810, batemans-bay-2536, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000, whyalla-5600, perth-6000

• Quiz: Do you know where Coalition, Labor and Greens voters stand on key issues?

  By Cristen Tilley , Colin Gourlay , Ben Spraggon and Matt Liddy

  Posted June 30, 2016 11:09:01 | Updated June 30, 2016 13:56:12

  Do you know where Coalition, Labor and Greens voters stand on 10 key election issues? Take our quiz, but be warned: it's hard.

  Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• Here's where the election will be won and lost

  By Cristen Tilley , Colin Gourlay , Ben Spraggon and Matt Liddy

  Posted June 29, 2016 13:08:32 | Updated July 02, 2016 17:45:17

  What do the opinion polls tell us about the possible range of results on Saturday night, and in particular the most important election battlegrounds?

  Topics: federal-elections, polls, alp, liberals, liberal-national-party-queensland, nationals, greens, australia

• Generation gap quiz: Where do millennials and baby boomers stand on Australian politics?

  By Cristen Tilley , Colin Gourlay , Ben Spraggon and Matt Liddy

  Posted June 24, 2016 07:15:17 | Updated June 24, 2016 13:13:51

  Is there a generation gap in Australian politics? Take our quiz to see whether you know where older and younger people stand on 10 key election issues.

  Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• This Vote Compass quiz tests whether you know what men and women think

  By Cristen Tilley , Colin Gourlay , Ben Spraggon and Matt Liddy

  Posted June 20, 2016 06:08:42 | Updated June 21, 2016 14:13:29

  Can you guess where men and women stand on 10 key election issues? Warning: it's hard.

  Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• Your essential guide to what the polls are saying

  By Cristen Tilley

  Posted June 08, 2016 05:23:30 | Updated June 08, 2016 12:35:31

  Can't keep up with all the opinion polls? We've put all the main ones on a page for you.

  Topics: federal-elections, polls, federal-government, government-and-politics, elections, australia

• Escape from North Korea: Last chance for freedom

  By Susan Cheong

  Posted April 28, 2016 06:07:53 | Updated April 28, 2016 10:23:18

  After her first bid to escape North Korea failed, Soo-jung Ra knew she was being monitored by the secret police. But she felt she had no choice but to try again.

  Topics: world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of

• Escape from North Korea: A long and dangerous journey (photos)

  By Susan Cheong

  Posted April 27, 2016 05:28:21 | Updated April 28, 2016 12:18:18

  Follow a teenage North Korean defector on her long, dangerous journey to a new life.

  Topics: world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of

• Just how small are these gravitational waves? Feature

  By Cristen Tilley, illustrations by Ben Spraggon

  Posted February 16, 2016 06:43:24 | Updated February 16, 2016 15:49:43

  Scientists have measured something so small, even Einstein thought it was not possible. How tiny is a gravitational wave?

  Topics: astronomy-space, physics, australia

• Explained: What is Zika virus and how does it spread?

  By Cristen Tilley

  Posted January 29, 2016 14:44:59 | Updated February 15, 2016 09:43:07

  The Zika virus is spreading around the world "explosively". But what is it, how do you get it, and what does it do to the body?

  Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, brazil

• 10 charts that reveal Australian attitudes to violence against women

  By Cristen Tilley

  Posted September 18, 2014 09:53:12 | Updated September 18, 2014 15:40:52

  What does the latest huge national survey say about Australians' attitudes to violence against women?

  Topics: domestic-violence, sexual-offences, australia

• Ferguson 'almost festive' after shift in protest policing

  By Cristen Tilley

  Posted August 15, 2014 14:40:09 | Updated August 15, 2014 16:08:26

  After four nights of tension between police and protesters in the US town of Ferguson, a change in law enforcement has seen a shift from scenes of hostility to a party-like atmosphere as residents peacefully demonstrate their objection to the killing of a black teenager.

  Topics: police, race-relations, united-states

• Riots flare in US town after police shoot dead black teen

  By Tim Leslie and Cristen Tilley

  Posted August 14, 2014 15:04:22 | Updated August 15, 2014 05:11:30

  The deadly shooting of 18-year-old black student Michael Brown in the Missouri town of Ferguson has engulfed a town and once again catapulted the issue of race and law enforcement into the spotlight.

  Mr Brown was days away from heading to college when he was stopped by a police officer for walking in the middle of the street on Saturday August 9.

  What happened next remains contested, with witnesses claiming Mr Brown was shot multiple times by the officer while holding his hands over his head, and police saying he had hit the officer in a struggle for the officer's gun.

  Whatever the cause, his death has sparked a social media movement and sent Ferguson into lock-down as police use increasingly strong-armed tactics to quash protests.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, race-relations, united-states

• Interactive: social security payments by electorate Feature

  Editor: Cristen Tilley, Design: Ben Spraggon, Development: Colin Gourlay

  Posted August 08, 2014 11:27:17 | Updated August 13, 2014 12:16:29

  How many people are claiming Centrelink payments near you? Find out using our interactive breakdown of social security.

  Topics: welfare, budget

• 'The world stands disgraced': UN's despair as Gaza shelter hit, 15 dead Feature

  By Cristen Tilley and Tim Leslie

  Posted July 31, 2014 13:49:51 | Updated April 29, 2015 15:35:52

  UN leaders are left shaken and lost for words after a Gaza shelter is shelled, with the loss of 15 lives.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, palestinian-territory-occupied

• Interactive: 100 years of temperatures in Australia Feature

  Research: Cristen Tilley, Design: Ben Spraggon, Development: Simon Elvery & Colin Gourlay

  Posted July 09, 2014 13:19:07 | Updated January 06, 2015 16:55:27

  Use our interactive map to explore 100 years of annual average temperatures across Australia.

  Topics: weather

• Your say: Socceroos' performance before and after Feature

  By Cristen Tilley, development by Colin Gourlay

  Posted June 19, 2014 10:10:56 | Updated June 20, 2014 09:10:11

  Despite rating the Socceroos' chances against the Dutch as "zero" just 24 hours ago, fans have responded to their 3-2 loss with pride in the national team.

  Topics: soccer-world-cup

• Have your say: Socceroos' chances in one word Feature

  By Cristen Tilley, development by Colin Gourlay

  Posted June 18, 2014 10:31:56 | Updated June 18, 2014 16:08:32

  We asked, "What do you think of the Socceroos' chances against The Netherlands at the World Cup?". Out of more than 1,000 responses, here are your most popular answers.

  Topics: soccer-world-cup

• In Ange we Trust

  by David Mark

  Posted May 26, 2014 12:55:20 | Updated October 05, 2016 17:19:40

  What drives the Socceroos' coach to even greater success? Ange Postecoglou opens up on his motivations.

• Coming up for air

  By Australian Story's Kirstin Murray

  Posted May 26, 2014 12:55:20 | Updated October 05, 2016 17:32:30

  Despite hanging up the goggles years ago, a strange symmetry shapes the lives of Perkins and Hackett.

• Six Ockenden brothers served in WWI - only one survived unscathed

  By Sally Sara

  Posted April 25, 2014 09:31:47 | Updated October 05, 2016 17:38:43

  Six Ockenden brothers served in WWI - only one survived unscathed. Read their extraordinary story.

• Washington mudslide: before and after photos

  By Kate Brownlie-Smith , Cristen Tilley , Ben Spraggon and Simon Elvery

  Posted March 26, 2014 15:16:11 | Updated May 13, 2014 13:24:35

  New before and after images show the scale of destruction left by a mudslide in Washington state.

  Topics: landslide, united-states

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