James Dunlevie

James Dunlevie is a Melbourne-born journalist and digital producer with the ABC News team in Hobart.
After a short stint with ABC Darwin as a casual radio producer in 2008, James left to begin a five year stint working at the notorious newspaper, the NT News. As digital editor, he steered the NT News website to the #1 position for audience share in the Northern Territory and won the 2011 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) 'News Destination Of The Year' in its category. James also created the NT News Facebook account, which became per-capita the most engaged social media account for any media organisation in Australia and created the NT News Twitter feed, widely known for its unique ALL CAPS take on local, national and world events.
After rejoining the ABC in 2014, James was a part of the digital production team with the Darwin newsroom before swapping his thongs for a pair of ugg boots and moving to Hobart, Tasmania.
Twitter: @jamesdunlevie

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• The search for The Saints 'I'm Stranded' mixing desk

  By Peter Gee and James Dunlevie

  Posted March 03, 2017 16:06:55 | Updated March 03, 2017 18:35:28

  A missing piece of Australian music history, which was integral to punk music, is the subject of an Australia-wide search.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000

• Child protection minister issues mea culpa over Safe Pathways request

  By Richard Baines and James Dunlevie

  Posted March 02, 2017 20:15:19 | Updated March 02, 2017 20:25:44

  The minister responsible for Tasmania's child services is forced to correct the record after being caught out over an email conversation discussing the ABC's request for information about protection provider Safe Pathways.

  Topics: government-and-politics, child-abuse, tas

• 'UFO' sighting over Tasmania sparks alien theories on Facebook

  By Aneeta Bhole and James Dunlevie

  Posted February 28, 2017 20:08:35

  The mystery of a fireball crossing the Tasmanian skyline is solved, but not before Facebook users had declared alien life had finally made it to Tasmania.

  Topics: popular-culture, social-media, internet-culture, pseudo-science, hobart-7000

• Hospital wait outrage leads to more beds, questions over 'culture of secrecy'

  By Richard Baines and James Dunlevie

  Posted February 28, 2017 19:09:49

  The Tasmanian health system is getting more beds after a report into hospital operations, commissioned in the wake of a scandal involving a 95yo woman's waiting room ordeal, is released.

  Topics: health-administration, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, tas

• Remembering Tasmania's WWII 'Doomed Battalion'

  By Laura Beavis and James Dunlevie

  Posted February 23, 2017 18:29:42

  The Tasmanian members of World War II's so-called 'Doomed Battalion' are remembered, 75 years after their capture by an overwhelming enemy force.

  Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, launceston-7250, tas

• Bellamy's chairman rebukes Jan Cameron's bid for control

  ABC Radio Hobart

  By James Dunlevie and Sallese Gibson

  Posted February 16, 2017 11:20:52 | Updated February 16, 2017 11:58:32

  The board of troubled baby formula maker Bellamy's will see off the challenge from Tasmanian shareholder Jan Cameron, the company chairman says.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, food-and-beverage, bicheno-7215

• Bellamy's woes due to board, Jan Cameron says

  By James Dunlevie and Sallese Gibson

  Posted February 15, 2017 11:39:53 | Updated February 15, 2017 16:32:14

  A bid by Tasmanian businesswoman Jan Cameron to be installed on the board of trouble-stricken baby formula maker Bellamy's will see the battle for control come down to the wire, a finance expert says.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, tas

• Save The Tassie Devil mural aims to tackle state's roadkill toll

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted January 12, 2017 14:20:03 | Updated January 13, 2017 17:20:48

  The creators of a mural depicting a forest with a hole in the shape of a Tasmanian devil hope the work will inspire drivers to slow down to reduce the number of animals killed.

  Topics: street-art, animals, hobart-7000

• Falls Festival blasts behaviour of 'boys, men' after assaults

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted January 06, 2017 08:13:04 | Updated January 06, 2017 17:48:23

  The organisers of the Falls Festival say they are disgusted and angry over reported assaults at the Tasmanian event and "boys and men need to have some respect".

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, music-industry, music, arts-and-entertainment, marion-bay-7175

• Blue Day Book author blasts publisher for deal with US alt-right figure

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted January 05, 2017 15:20:32 | Updated January 05, 2017 19:26:23

  Tasmanian author of the Blue Day Book Richard Trevor Greive criticises his own publisher for their "disgusting validation of hate" in doing a book deal with a US right-wing figure.

  Topics: books-literature, arts-and-entertainment, tas

• Personal vendetta behind attacks on food festival, Hobart Mayor alleges

  ABC Radio Hobart

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted January 04, 2017 11:36:18 | Updated January 04, 2017 14:14:29

  A bitter row breaks out over the future of a Tasmanian food festival, with allegations of a long-running vendetta against the Mayor rubbished.

  Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, local-government, tourism, hobart-7000

• Perpetual LOYAL eyes Sydney to Hobart line honours after Wild Oats XI retires (photos)

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted December 27, 2016 09:37:51 | Updated December 27, 2016 15:32:06

  Supermaxi Perpetual LOYAL is on track to win the 72nd Sydney to Hobart in record time after the shock retirement of previous race leader Wild Oats XI with equipment failure for a second year running.

  Topics: sailing, sydney-2000, hobart-7000

• True spirit of Christmas on show at Hobart lunch for less fortunate

  By James Dunlevie and Harriet Aird

  Posted December 25, 2016 15:16:01 | Updated December 25, 2016 15:29:45

  For Casey-Rae McCrickard, Christmas has taken on a new meaning that is less about giving gifts and more about giving back.

  Topics: christmas, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000

• Christmas Eve fog 'not a Bridgewater Jerry in reverse'

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted December 25, 2016 09:05:16 | Updated December 25, 2016 09:34:55

  A Christmas Eve fog which blanketed the greater Hobart area has been interpreted incorrectly as a reversal of the famous Bridgewater Jerry, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

  Topics: weather, christmas, hobart-7000

• Legendary Tasmanian ABC cameraman David Brill remembers 1967's baptism of fire

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted December 15, 2016 18:20:26 | Updated December 16, 2016 10:55:17

  The story of how a 22-year-old trainee ABC cameraman alerted the world about Tasmania's 1967 fire disaster, launching a brilliant career but risking his life in the process.

  Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, journalism, photography, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, hobart-7000

• Jimmy Giggle Carols By Candlelight concert hit by ticketing fiasco

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted December 12, 2016 13:44:31 | Updated December 12, 2016 14:18:06

  A social media backlash hits Hobart's Carols By Candlelight event, after 10,000 tickets were snapped up minutes after being released.

  Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, local-government, religion-and-beliefs, hobart-7000

• Calls to close Ashley youth prison, where staff outnumber inmates by more than 7 to 1

  By Richard Baines , Georgie Burgess and James Dunlevie

  Posted November 24, 2016 19:45:47 | Updated November 24, 2016 19:53:12

  A multi-million-dollar Tasmanian youth detention centre had 61 staff to watch over eight inmates in September this year, the ABC can reveal, as calls mount for the jail to be closed.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, government-and-politics, deloraine-7304, tas, launceston-7250

• New Tasmanian policy tightens rules around gifts to government employees

  By Natalie Whiting and James Dunlevie

  Posted November 18, 2016 06:52:28

  A new set of rules for the declaration of gifts and benefits by Tasmanian politicians and government employees, which features a diagram to help understand what could trigger a conflict of interest, is welcomed by the state's anti-corruption body.

  Topics: public-sector, corruption, tas

• Dear sad Americans, forget Canada - come to Tasmania

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted November 10, 2016 18:00:58

  With Canada groaning under the weight of people fleeing a Trump presidency, a Tasmanian makes the case for US citizens to consider Australia's Apple Isle instead.

  Topics: us-elections, world-politics, tas, united-states

• Dead fox discovery reignites great debate over predator's presence in Tasmania

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted November 01, 2016 06:57:11 | Updated November 01, 2016 14:35:33

  A dead fox has been found in Tasmania. Why is this a big deal? Well, it's a complicated tale involving $50 million, allegations of fake fox poo and an ex-police officer who has been on the hunt for years.

  Topics: animals, pests, quarantine, government-and-politics, tas

• Hobart angst over bold architecture vision not new

  By James Dunlevie and Ros Lehman

  Posted October 25, 2016 18:35:32 | Updated October 26, 2016 08:59:22

  A plan to build Hobart's first skyscraper starts a social media battle between those welcoming it and those who say the city's character will be lost forever — and it's not the first time bold architecture has set tongues wagging.

  Topics: architectural, industrial-design, local-government, hobart-7000

• 'No evidence' of cruelty in Tasmanian greyhound racing: report

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted September 14, 2016 13:15:14 | Updated September 14, 2016 17:45:14

  There is no evidence that could result in a prosecution for live baiting in Tasmania, a parliamentary report finds, although it does not rule out that the practice is being used.

  Topics: animal-welfare, animals, tas

• Tumultuous reign of the CLP over in NT

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted August 28, 2016 07:27:18 | Updated August 28, 2016 11:20:30

  It is perhaps fitting the man Adam Giles "politically assassinated" twice would bookend the reign of the Country Liberals Party in the Northern Territory.

  Topics: political-parties, elections, government-and-politics, nt

• Ex-Don Dale inmate's redemption used for CLP election ad

  By James Dunlevie and Avani Dias

  Posted August 03, 2016 12:37:46 | Updated August 03, 2016 18:41:23

  The CLP is using a former inmate at the infamous Don Dale youth detention centre in a feel-good election ad promoting one of its candidates.

  Topics: youth, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, casuarina-0810

• 'Get in the hole': Giles complained of 'flaccid' treatment of prisoners

  By James Dunlevie

  Posted July 27, 2016 11:14:15 | Updated July 27, 2016 14:02:17

  Adam Giles defends comments he made in 2010, in which he said he wanted to put criminals in "a big concrete hole" and "might break every United Nations' convention" to do so.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, youth, law-crime-and-justice, nt

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