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John Watson

Section Editor: Cities + Policy

Section Editor: Cities + Policy John joined The Conversation in December 2013 as politics & society editor. After two years, he took up the new role of cities & policy editor. John has worked in news media since deciding in the mid-1980s that a life tracking elephants (for an honours degree in ecology) was less interesting than being a journalist in apartheid-era South Africa. His residence was revoked and he returned to Australia. He joined The Conversation after two decades with The Age as a chief leader writer, columnist...

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