Ryan looks to deep dives after ABC contract
By Phil Sim in Media News on Thursday, 01st February 2024 at 11:43amScience, technology and gaming journalist Jackson Ryan is working on a new audio-based project and is also available for freelancing after finishing up his contract at the ABC.
“I kind of went in [to the ABC], eyes wide open that it was a contract role, but hoping I might leverage that and do some good stuff and that it might turn into another contract,” Ryan said. It didn’t.
Not that he’ll be spilling tears. While he thoroughly enjoyed working with his peers in the ABC tech and science vertical, the culture shock of adapting to the large, bureaucratic nature of the ABC left Ryan frustrated.
“I probably came in a bit hot,” Jackson conceded. “I was trying to push the envelope a bit, and was coming up against some resistance”.
“It’s hard to get things done quickly,...
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