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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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How many people are claiming Centrelink payments near you? Find out using our interactive breakdown of social security.
'The world stands disgraced': UN's despair as Gaza shelter hit, 15 dead Feature
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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
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Use our interactive map to explore 100 years of annual average temperatures across Australia.
Topics: weather
Your say: Socceroos' performance before and after Feature
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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
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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
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What drives the Socceroos' coach to even greater success? Ange Postecoglou opens up on his motivations.
Coming up for air
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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
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Six Ockenden brothers served in WWI - only one survived unscathed. Read their extraordinary story.
Washington mudslide: before and after photos
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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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